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South African hospitals are bracing for a surge in admissions as the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 drives a sharp rise in COVID-19 infections and as more evidence emerges about the severity of the illness caused by the strain.
The seven-day moving average of daily new cases in the country rose to 10,055 last week, from fewer than 300 three weeks earlier.
Hospitalizations also picked up, but remain relatively low, with admissions standing at 3,268 on Sunday. Whether there would be a deluge of new patients is the biggest question.
Severe symptoms in patients who contracted earlier variants typically developed between one and three