South Africa, where the Omicron coronavirus variant is driving a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections, has seen a 255% increase in infections in the past seven days, but only 6% of intensive care beds are occupied by Covid-19 patients, WHO Africa official Thierno Balde said on Thursday.
Balde's comments at a news conference follow early anecdotal accounts by South African doctors and researchers that Omicron is causing mainly mild disease.
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