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Of those who had not received a single dose of anti-coronavirus vaccines and those who caught Omicron, more than 17 percent had to be hospitalized.
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According to the latest sample data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), only five per cent of the fully vaccinated individuals who caught the Omicron type infection in Mumbai required hospitalization. On the other hand, of those who had not received a single dose of anti-coronavirus vaccines and who caught Omicron, more than 17 percent had to be hospitalized.
In the tenth round of genome sequencing – needed to trace Omicron patients – 376 samples were sent by the civic authorities. Of these, 237 were from Mumbai and all the patients were found infected with the Omicron variant. Of these, 128 patients had taken both doses, and only seven of them had to be hospitalised, with one in the ICU while the other required oxygen support.
But of the 103 patients who had not received a single shot of the vaccine, 18 required hospitalisation, the BMC said. Two of them required oxygen support, while one was admitted to the ICU. Mumbai saw its peak Omicron infections in early January, with 20,971 cases being reported on January 7.
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