Covid Scotland: Omicron hospital admissions lower than expected
FEWER than expected numbers of people are being admitted to hospital in Scotland after testing positive for the Omicron variant, according to new research. Modelling by scientists at Scotland’s EAVE II project, which is tracking the pandemic, predicted that 47 Omicron patients should have been hospitalised by December 19 if infection patterns were the same as Delta. So far, however, there have been just 15 admissions. Risk of hospital stay 40% lower with Omicron than Delta, UK data suggests Researchers find those…
