Omicron Severity

• Omicron 75% less likely to cause death than Delta COVID-19 variant: South Korean data

  A study by South Korean health authorities showed the Omicron variant's death rate averaged 0.18%, compared with 0.7% for recent Delta cases.

  Health

  Feb 22, 2022
  
• Alberta can start ‘significantly relaxing’ COVID-19 rules once hospitalizations dip: Kenney

  The WHO has said until more countries vaccinate larger portions of their populations, the world will continue to see the emergence of new, potentially more dangerous variants.

  Canada

  Jan 21, 2022
  
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• Omicron hospitalization risk roughly one third of Delta variant, U.K. data shows

  Great Britain is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly-transmissible Omicron variant, with record daily infection levels being reported.

  Health

  Dec 31, 2021
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• Omicron is less severe than Delta Ontario study suggests as COVID cases rise across Canada

  In the study, Public Health Ontario compared Omicron cases with symptoms with Delta cases and found that the risk of hospitalization or death was 54 per cent lower with Omicron.

  Health

  Dec 30, 2021
• U.K. finds hospitalization less likely with Omicron variant compared to Delta

  Preliminary data suggests that people with the omicron variant of COVID-19 are 50 per cent to 70 per cent less likely to be hospitalized than those with the delta strain.

  World

  Dec 23, 2021
• Will Omicron fuel hospitalizations in Canada? Here’s what other countries tell us

  New research from the U.K. suggests that people might be less likely to be hospitalized with Omicron than with the Delta COVID-19 variant.

  Health

  Dec 23, 2021
• Omicron 5 times more likely to reinfect than Delta, no less severe: study

  The results were from a UK Health Security Agency and National Health Service data on people who tested positive for COVID-19 in a PCR test in England between Nov. 29 and Dec. 11.

  Health

  Dec 17, 2021
• Canada on track for COVID-19 resurgence, Omicron could make it worse: data

  Canada is on pace to see a resurgence of COVID-19 infections across the country, and if Omicron takes hold that resurgence could be more extreme, data suggests.

  Health

  Dec 10, 2021