Number of people in hospital with flu quadrupled in a month, NHS figures show
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The number of people sick with flu in English hospitals is up year-on-year. The number of people hospitalised with flu in England has quadrupled in a month heaping pressure on NHS services, new figures show. An average of 4,469 flu patients were in beds in England each day last week, including 211 in critical care.
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This is up 17 per cent from 3,818 the previous week, when 184 were in critical care. It is also more than four times the number on 1 December, when the total stood at 1,098. The figures have been published in the latest weekly snapshot of the performance of hospitals in England this winter.
The NHS is dealing with a ‘quad-demic’ of respiratory infections, a term coined to describe four conditions expected to heap additional pressure on services in the winter months. These are flu, Covid-19, respiratory syncytial vicus and norovirus. This is a breaking story. More to follow...
