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‘Omicron Was Actually Much Worse for Massachusetts Than Delta,' Study Finds - NBC10 Boston
May 20, 2022 28 secs
It found a higher number of excess deaths in Massachusetts during the omicron surge than the delta surge, even though the delta surge was longer.

"In terms of excess death, we found that Omicron was actually much worse for Massachusetts than Delta," said Dr.

The new study, released Friday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, examined excess deaths during the Bay State's delta wave, June 28 to Dec.

While the delta wave was 23 weeks long, it had fewer excess deaths in Massachusetts, 1,975, compared to the eight-week-long omicron wave, which saw 2,294 excess deaths, the researchers found.

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