People infected with the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 are twice as likely to be hospitalized compared to patients
It was also found that the risk of going to the hospital for emergency care or hospitalization within 14 days after infection with the delta variant is one and a half times higher compared to the alpha variant.
“This study confirms previous findingsthat people infected with the delta variant are more likely to need hospitalization than people with the alpha variant. It is worth noting that most of those hospitalized were not vaccinated, ”explains Gavin Dabrera, one of the study's lead authors and consultant epidemiologist for the National Infections Service of England.
The delta variant was first registered in India in December 2020. Early research showed that it is 50% more infectious than the alpha variant of COVID-19, which was first identified in Kent, UK.
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