California study of nearly 70,000 Covid-19 patients shows Omicron less severe

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CALIFORNIA - A new study of nearly 70,000 Covid-19 patients in California demonstrated that Omicron causes less severe disease than other coronavirus variants.

The new research, posted online Tuesday , aligns with similar findings from South Africa, Britain and Denmark, as well as a host of experiments on animals.

"Since it's more transmissible, there will just at some point be a lot of hospitalisations that inevitably occur," Dr Lewnard said. They analysed 69,279 symptomatic patients who tested positive for the coronavirus between Nov 30 and Jan 1.The researchers then followed the people who tested positive to see if they ended up in the hospital.

As scientists have gathered evidence that Omicron is less severe, they've struggled to understand why.

 

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