UCSF: 8% of people admitted to hospital for any reason test positive for COVID with no symptoms
“Some patients have been admitted for other conditions and just happen to also test positive for the coronavirus, but Wachter said the spike is still a sign that the pandemic could worsen in the coming weeks — even in places with high vaccination rates, like San Francisco.
Wachter also noted that more than 8% of people without symptoms screened for the coronavirus at UCSF hospitals are receiving a positive test result — implying that one-in-twelve people in San Francisco who have no symptoms are still carrying the virus.
“With that prevalence, you have to assume that everybody you come in contact with might have covid,” he tweeted.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/amp/S-F-facing-undeniable-hospital-surge-as-16741121.php
Not necessarily a bad sign that potentially 8% of the population there has asymptomatic COVID (most likely Omicron by now) at any given moment, that could mean it will burn through and fizzle quickly. That could explain why South Africa says their surge ended relatively quickly as well.
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