Gap between first symptoms and possible complications is only 9 to 10 days with omicron
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/12/25/dodgy-data-used-push-tighter-covid-restrictions/
Dr Jenny Harries, chief executive, UK Health Security Agency
Seems to have advised Sajid Javid, typically 17-day lag
Office for National Statistics (ONS), average delay of nine or 10 days
probably the most significant threat we’ve had since the start of the pandemic
50 – 70% less likely to be hospitalised
React, 23 November to 14 December 2021
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/latest-react-1-findings-show-omicron-infections-rising-fast-while-highlighting-success-of-vaccination-programmes
(round 16 of the study)
Detected 11 cases of Omicron up to and including 11th December
US, Health and Human Services
https://protect-public.hhs.gov/pages/hospital-utilization
ONS summary
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights
SA data
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/
SA hospital data
https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/
UK data
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-omicron-daily-overview
https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk
UK
Total cases per day, 122,185
Omicron cases %, 71% to 93%
Hospital patients, 8,240
Omicron hospital patients, 366
Covid deaths, 137 (887 last 7 days)
Total omicron deaths, 29
London
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/one-10-londoners-likely-infected-with-covid-ons-models-2021-12-24/
One in 10 currently infected
Report 50 – Hospitalisation risk for Omicron cases in England
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/covid-19/report-50-severity-omicron/
Omicron cases in Scotland, Eave II study
(Early Pandemic Evaluation and Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19)
Data from Scotland on Omicron severity from the EAVE II Study
https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/eave-ii/key-outputs/our-publications/severity-of-omicron-variant-of-concern-and-vaccine
https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/severity-of-omicron-variant-of-concern-and-vaccine-effectiveness-
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