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Delta variant may double risk of hospitalization for the unvaccinated, study finds
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A new British study found that the COVID-19 delta variant doubles the risk of hospitalization for unvaccinated individuals.
The researchers looked at just under 8,700 patients carrying the delta variant and around 34,600 with the alpha variant, which was confirmed by genome sequencing. They found that patients infected with the delta variant are two times more likely to end up in hospital compared with patients with the alpha variant. "Emergency care attendance combined with hospital admission was also higher for patients with the delta variant, showing increased use of emergency care services as well as inpatient hospitalization," the study claimed.More Related News