Covid reinfection ‘eight times’ higher with Omicron than Delta – key symptoms

The Office for National Statistics yesterday confirmed that reinfections from coronavirus are eight times higher with Omicron than Delta.

In other words, the risk of COVID-19 re-infection was approximately eight times higher in the period when the Omicron variants were most common, compared with when the Delta variant was more common.

The body also confirmed that people who were unvaccinated continued to be more likely to be re-infected with COVID-19 than people who had been vaccinated.

The chances of reinfection hinge on the body’s innate immunity, according to officials at the World Health Organisation.