Study: COVID Omicron deaths 3 times higher than for flu, but risks for severe cases similar
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 Rates of in-hospital death and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions were similar among adults hospitalized in Switzerland with healthcare-linked COVID-19 or influenza infections during SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant predominance, researchers report in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Led by researchers from the Infection Control Program and the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center at Geneva University Hospitals, the retrospective
