Mr. Henrik Nielsen, a SSI researcher, said in statements to the media that, given the increased case numbers due to the disease, hospitalization rate “may have surged.”

The SSI spokesperson, an institute in charge of controlling infectious diseases, pointed out Denmark, with nearly six million inhabitants, 17.1% of population has already been infected with SARS-CoV-2 at least one time.

Currently, 90% of the new positive cases registered in the nation are Omicron variant, the source said.

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