# Most omicron hospitalisations unintended

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Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784)
Published: 2026-09-05T04:00:00+00:00
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Around 80% of English hospital admissions with coronavirus are admitted for other reasons UK, 24th December Omicron hospital patients, 366 Total omicron deaths, 29 UK, 27th December Omicron hospital patients, 407 Total omicron deaths, 39 Omicron cases + 45,307 = 159,932 UK, 29th December Omicron hospital patients, + 261 + 98 = 766 Total omicron deaths, + 10 + 4 = 53 UK data https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-omicron-daily-overview https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk SA data SA hospital data https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/ US cases and deaths data https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailycases Isolation down to 5 days is asymptomatic 20% of covid admissions caused by viral complications https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/28/covid-hospital-data-should-treated-caution-many-patients-admitted/ December 21, England Covid patients in hospital = 6,245 Up 259 from previous week Of the 259, just 45 admitted because of the virus Of the 259, admitted, 214 for other conditions but having also tested positive “incidental Covid” admissions Previous week, December 7 to December 14 Majority of hospitalisations were still delta Primary covid cases were 59% of the 289 weekly rise People currently in hospital with Covid “incidental” cases, 1,813 out of 6,245 Highest so far Sir John Bell, regius professor of medicine, Oxford University This is not the same disease we were seeing a year ago The horrific scenes that we saw a year ago – intensive care units being full, lots of people dying prematurely – that is now history in my view and I think…that’s lik…

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