Experts estimate: The peak of the omicron wave in the next two weeks, the number of patients will rise sharply

According to researchers at the Hebrew University, 1,500-900 critically ill patients are expected to be hospitalized in the next ten days.

In addition, the rate of infection in the coming week is expected to be high, and the number of verified people will continue to be close to 100,000 infected per day.

A significant drop is expected in the first week of February

Meirav Cohen

22/01/2022

Saturday, 22 January 2022, 20:22 Updated: 20:46

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In the coming days, a continued increase in the number of serious patients in Corona is expected, and the daily number is expected to exceed 200 new serious patients per day - according to the morbidity forecast published tonight (Saturday) by Hebrew University researchers.

According to the forecast, in the next ten days, 1,500-900 seriously ill patients are expected to be hospitalized.

According to observations in London and New York, there is little chance of patients deteriorating to a state that requires a soul.

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The researchers also said that the rate of infection in the coming week is expected to be high, and the number of verified will continue to be close to 100,000 infected per day.

A significant decrease in infections will most likely occur only in the first week of February, and will be due to the large number of infections so far, i.e. the development of population immunity due to infection under current conditions.

The significant change in the manner of conduct that has taken place in the last two weeks may lead to a delay in the end of the omicron wave, and to an increase in the workload in the hospitals.

Because the researchers believe that there is no reliable reflection of the state of infection at this stage, the prolongation or renewal of the outbreak will only be detected during the increase in hospitalizations.

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