Loading ...No Significant Change In COVID-19 Hospitalization Outcomes During Delta Surge: CDC Study
The highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 does not appear to cause more severe disease among fully vaccinated or unvaccinated hospitalized patients, compared to earlier forms of the virus, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
“Our data suggest that clinical characteristics of COVID-19 due to the Delta variant in children are broadly similar to COVID-19 due to other variants,” the researchers concluded, echoing remarks from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky in September that although more children are getting infected with the virus, studies show that there has not been an increased disease severity in children.
“More children have COVID-19 because there is more disease in the community,” Walensky said of the Delta-driven wave in a statement.”