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Things have changed fast. In London, 86.4% of COVID-19 cases with known S-gene status have s-gene target failure[1] which is a marker of Omicron (albeit with pending sequencing confirmation for certainty[2])

[1] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...

[2] https://www.who.int/news/item/26-11-2021-classification-of-o...

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Delta hospitalization is averaged at 8,5 days. You're talking about new cases and not currently hospitalized cases, which is what I'm interested in for Omicron.

To know the difference, we should at least wait another week after Omicron takes over new cases in statistics.

My comment was in response to the statement you made before your edit which was

>>main infections in the UK are currently from Delta.

But that is the number of cases, not the number in the hospital.

Since hospitalization lags, we cannot assume hospitalization based on case numbers.

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