Scotland in 'worst case scenario' for Omicron cases



Scotland in 'worst case scenario' for Omicron cases

geemong

6 Jan 2022 at 22:51
Scotland in 'worst case scenario' for Omicron cases



Scotland's current Covid case rates are in line with the worst case scenario, according to the health secretary.

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Humza Yousaf has confirmed infections are at the highest level predicted in an evidence paper published in early December.

He said the next two weeks were set to be the "most difficult" faced by the NHS in its 73-year existence.

But he said new data was looking more positive on hospitalisations due to the virus.

Scotland registered 11,360 new positive cases on Thursday - bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began to more than a million at 1,010,660.

About one in 20 people in Scotland had Covid last week, according to the Office for National Statistics - up from one in 40 the previous week.

Mr Yousaf warned BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme the peak was yet to come and health chiefs were already making "exceptionally difficult" decisions on prioritising care.

"Certainly we are heading into the peak and expect that in the next few weeks," he said.

"If you remember the paper we published in early December, we are clearly into the worse case scenario in terms of levels of infection."

He said that evidence that Omicron was less severe than other variants suggests there may be a "more optimistic picture in terms of hospitalisations".
Edited by geemong 6 Jan 2022 at 22:51