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113 COVID-19 patients admitted in the hospital but none in severe or critical condition

113 COVID-19 patients admitted in the hospital but none in severe or critical condition

By Semi Turaga
06/01/2022
CWM Hospital [Image: File Photo]

There are 113 people currently admitted in hospitals around the country with COVID-19.

This has been confirmed in the latest update by Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong.

None of these people admitted in the hospital with COVID-19 are in severe or critical condition.

There 53 COVID-19 patients in the hospital in the Central Division compared to 39 in the Northern Division. The Western Division has 21 patients in the hospital.

Doctor Fong says while most of the more severe public health and social measures are based on changes in hospitalization data, the evidence is clear that we do need to keep up with measures to suppress transmission so that hospitalization numbers remain low.

He says the evidence is that Omicron causes less severe disease than other variants however, it infects a larger number of people in a shorter period of time.

Doctor Fong adds this means even a smaller percentage of people becoming severely ill may still mean a large number requiring hospitalization which will put pressure on the health system.

Click here for full COVID-19 update
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