Countries with Higher Vaccination Coverage Experienced Reduced Fatality During the COVID-19 “Omicron” Fifth Wave – A Post Wave Analysis

Golan Benisti; Avi Magid

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Countries with Higher Vaccination Coverage Experienced Reduced Fatality During the COVID-19 “Omicron” Fifth Wave – A Post Wave Analysis

Golan Benisti, Avi Magid

Published in Biomedical Statistics and Informatics (Volume 7, Issue 2)

Received: 2 April 2022 Accepted: 15 April 2022 Published: 22 April 2022

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By the end of 2021, the outbreak of the COVID-19 caused approximately 265 million confirmed cases and 5.2 million deaths globally. On November 2021, the “Omicron” variant of the COVID-19 has emerged, and led to a massive outbreak in many countries worldwide. Despite the fact that the Omicron variant was considered less fatal compared to the previous variants, its prompt spread caused the biggest number of cases, and as a result the biggest number of deaths. At the beginning of the Omicron wave, some vaccines against COVID-19 existed. These vaccines were proved to be effective against the previous COVID-19 variants. However, their efficiency against the Omicron variant was questionable. This study examines whether, by the end of the Omicron wave, there is an association between the vaccination level of a country and the fatality of the Omicron variant in this country during the fifth wave. To evaluate the association, data on COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 deaths, and doses of vaccination per 100 people for 20 countries in which fifth COVID-19 wave (the “Omicron” wave) was observed were retrieved from a real-time available website. Based on the collected data, Case Fatality Rate (CFR) accumulated for the “Omicron” wave period was evaluated for each country. A linear regression model was conducted to predict the CFR of each country for the COVID-19 “Omicron” variant wave as a function of the vaccine administrated per 100 people. The results of this study suggest a strong statistically significant negative association between the vaccination level of a country and the fatality of the Omicron variant during the Omicron wave, i.e., countries which entered the “Omicron” wave with higher vaccination level had lower CFR. This post-wave analysis demonstrates that the vaccines developed so far have a protective effect against the fatality of the Omicron variant. Promoting the administration of the vaccine and by that increasing the vaccination level of a country may reduce fatality in the next coming COVID-19 waves.

Published in	Biomedical Statistics and Informatics (Volume 7, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.bsi.20220702.11
Page(s)	18-22
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Pandemic, Linear Regression, Vaccine, Vaccination Level, Case Fatality Rate, COVID-19, Omicron Variant

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Golan Benisti

Department of Health System Management, Peres Academic Center, Rehovot, Israel
Avi Magid

Department of Information Systems, and Department of Health System Management, Emek Yezreel Valley College, Jezreel Valley, Israel

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