British government scientific advisers say it is “almost certain” that hundreds of thousands of people are infected daily with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and that hospital admissions are likely to increase.
“Currently the numbers seen in Omicron infections of patients admitted to hospital in the UK are probably about a tenth of the actual number, because the data is lagging behind in hospital reports,” said the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergency Situations. in the minutes of the meeting of 16 December.
The data published on Saturday showed that the confirmed cases of Omicron reached 24,968 by 20.00 Greek time on December 17, increased by 10,000 cases in 24 hours.
According to the minutes of the meeting, without taking further measures to slow down the spread of Covid-19 “the modeling shows a peak with at least 3,000 daily admissions to hospitals in England”.
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