No difference in risk of hospitalisation between reported cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant and Alpha variant in Norway

URL

https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(21)01218-2/fulltext

Authors

Lamprini Veneti, Beatriz Valcarcel Salamanca, Elina Seppälä, Jostein Starrfelt, Margrethe Larsdatter Storm, Karoline Bragstad, Olav Hungnes, Håkon Bøås, Reidar Kvåle, Line Vold, Karin Nygård, Eirik Alnes Buanes, and Robert Whittaker

Published Date

December 10, 2021

Publication

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Organization

Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Key Excerpts

“Results: We included 7,977 cases of Delta and 12,078 cases of Alpha. Overall, 347 (1.7%) cases were hospitalized.”

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Topics

clinical cases,COVID-19,health statistics,hospitalizations