People who contract the omicron variant are 80% less likely to be hospitalized compared to previous variants and those hospitalized with omicron are at a 70% lower risk of severe disease than delta
, according to aPeople wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a mobile testing site in Times Square on DecemberThe study was conducted in South Africa between October 1 and November 30 and has not been peer-reviewed.
high levels of population immunity due to vaccination or “natural infection” are likely to have been a cause behind the lower risk of disease severity compared to people who had been diagnosed with delta between April and November. ” the effect of high levels of population immunity with “intrinsic lower virulence” when narrowing down the reason for reduced disease severity.
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