South Africa Hospitalization Rate Plunges in Omicron Wave

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

South Africa delivered some positive news on the omicron coronavirus variant on Friday, reporting a much lower rate of hospital admissions and signs that the wave of infections may be peaking.

Only 1.7% of identified Covid-19 cases were admitted to hospital in the second week of infections in the fourth wave, compared with 19% in the same week of the third delta-driven wave, South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla said at a press conference.

Health officials presented evidence that the strain may be milder, and that infections may already be peaking in the country’s most populous province, Gauteng.

Still, new cases in that week of the current wave were more than 20,000 a day, compared with 4,400 in the same week of the third wave. That’s further evidence of omicron’s rapid transmissibility, which a number of other countries, such as the U.K., are also now experiencing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/south-africa-hospitalization-rate-plunges-in-omicron-wave/ar-AARU5G2

[Tetrachloride]

1. The headline is not the key fact. The headline should be about "record high cases."

"Peaking" could imply that the worst is over.

[Tomconroy]

2. That's exactly what some are saying about Gauteng Province:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/omicron-ground-zero-in-south-africa-has-already-peaked