Number of people in hospital in England with flu jumps 41% in a week
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Average of 2,629 patients this week is more than four times number at this point last year, NHS figures show. The number of people in hospital in England with flu has jumped 41% in a week and continues to be more than four times the number at this point last year, NHS figures show.
An average of 2,629 flu patients were in beds in England each day last week, 2,504 in general or acute (G&A) beds and 125 in critical care. This is up 41% from a total of 1,861 patients the previous week, when 1,795 were in G&A beds and 66 were in critical care.
It is also more than four times the figure at this stage in 2023, when the total stood at 648, and higher than the equivalent week in 2022, when the average was 2,088. The figures have been published in the latest weekly snapshot of the performance of hospitals in England this winter.
