: Fewer hospitalisations due to Omicron, vaccines offer protection from severe disease, show studies #IndiaNEWS Only 4.9% of the patients who contracted the Omicron variant of coronavirus in South Africa’s

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Fewer hospitalisations due to Omicron, vaccines offer protection from severe disease, show studies #IndiaNEWS
Only 4.9% of the patients who contracted the Omicron variant of coronavirus in South Africa’s Gauteng province had to be hospitalised for treatment. The number is significantly lower than the cases that led to hospitalisation in the region due to the Beta (18.9%) and Delta (13.7%) variants of the virus, findings of a study released by South African researchers on Wednesday has showed. The study, yet to be peer-reviewed, focused on cases in the Gauteng province as the outbreak of the Omicron variant started in this region. This allowed the scientists to gather data about the new strain for a longer period. The researchers compared data from the first four weeks of outbreaks of the Beta (November-December 2020), Delta (May 2021) and Omicron (November-December 2021) variants in Gauteng. The study also showed that only 28.8% of the patients who were hospitalised after getting the Omicron infection suffered from severe symptoms. In contrast, 60.1% of the Beta variant cases and 66.9% of the Delta strain infections that led to hospitalisation resulted in deaths, or needed ventilation, oxygen support or admission to intensive care units.However, in terms of absolute number of infections, the Omicron variant far surpassed the two other strains.6. Which % of #COVID19 hospital patients had severe...Read more

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