The Omicron variant has been less severe in its impacts than previous strains, and that is translating well into the province’s hospitalizations.
That’s according to Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald.
She says it is hard to get much from the province’s data because our numbers are so small.
However, trends from across the country indicate that those that do end up in hospital are there for shorter periods, and tend not to need drastic interventions.
Not to say people aren’t ending up in ICU, she says, but fewer of those are requiring ventilation and things of that nature.