Eurosurv. Epidemiological characterisation of the first 785 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases in Denmark, December 2021

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• Laura Espenhain[SUP]1[/SUP] , Tjede Funk[SUP]1,2[/SUP] , Maria Overvad[SUP]1[/SUP] , Sofie Marie Edslev[SUP]3[/SUP] , Jannik Fonager[SUP]4[/SUP] , Anna Cäcilia Ingham[SUP]3[/SUP] , Morten Rasmussen[SUP]4[/SUP] , Sarah Leth Madsen[SUP]5[/SUP] , Caroline Hjorth Espersen[SUP]1[/SUP] , Raphael N. Sieber[SUP]3[/SUP] , Marc Stegger[SUP]3[/SUP] , Vithiagaran Gunalan[SUP]4[/SUP] , Bartlomiej Wilkowski[SUP]6,7[/SUP] , Nicolai Balle Larsen[SUP]6[/SUP] , Rebecca Legarth[SUP]1[/SUP] , Arieh Sierra Cohen[SUP]6[/SUP] , Finn Nielsen[SUP]8[/SUP] , Janni Uyen Hoa Lam[SUP]8[/SUP] , Kjetil Erdogan Lavik[SUP]8[/SUP] , Marianne Karakis[SUP]8[/SUP] , Katja Spiess[SUP]4[/SUP] , Ellinor Marving[SUP]4[/SUP] , Christian Nielsen[SUP]6,7[/SUP] , Christina Wiid Svarrer[SUP]3[/SUP] , Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm[SUP]9[/SUP] , Stefan Schytte Olsen[SUP]8[/SUP] , Anders Jensen[SUP]6,7[/SUP] , Tyra Grove Krause[SUP]10[/SUP] , Luise Müller[SUP]1[/SUP]

By 9 December 2021, 785 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases have been identified in Denmark. Most cases were fully (76%) or booster-vaccinated (7.1%); 34 (4.3%) had a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. The majority of cases with available information reported symptoms (509/666; 76%) and most were infected in Denmark (588/644; 91%). One in five cases cannot be linked to previous cases, indicating widespread community transmission. Nine cases have been hospitalised, one required intensive care and no deaths have been registered.

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