at 6pm far fewer people are ending up in hospital at 6pm, the first government data on the impact of omicron shows you are far less likely to end up in hospital. the preliminary research suggests that someone infected with omicron rather than delta variant is between 50 and 70% less likely to be admitted to hospital. but intensive care units are dealing with unvaccinated patients in a dozen hospitals in england, two thirds haven t had a covid jab. it s very sad when people come into hospital who haven t been vaccinated. they re very unwell, and they ask to have the vaccine then, which of course they can t, because you have to get better from covid before you can be vaccinated. almost 120,000 new covid cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours. also tonight
at 6pm far fewer people are ending up in hospital at 6pm, the first government data on the impact of omicron shows you are far less likely to end up in hospital. the preliminary research suggests that someone infected with omicron rather than delta variant is between 50 and 70% less likely to be admitted to hospital. but intensive care units are dealing with unvaccinated patients in a dozen hospitals in england, two thirds haven t had a covid jab. it s very sad when people come into hospital who haven t been vaccinated. they re very unwell, and they ask to have the vaccine then, which of course they can t, because you have to get better from covid before you can be vaccinated. almost 120,000 new covid cases have been recorded in the past 2a hours. also tonight