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Hospital cases of flu still at record high and rising...
Daily Mirror UK
|December 19, 2025
But hope in new data as rate of growth slows
TAKING CARE A masked shopper in Reading
HOSPITALS remain under huge pressure as new NHS data shows flu admissions for this time of year remain at their highest recorded levels.
However, in a glimmer of hope, the super-flu surge appears to be slowing, as resident doctors in England remain on strike.
An average of 3,140 flu patients were in hospital every day last week, up 18% on the previous week - but that is lower than the rise the week before, which was 55%.
This story is from the December 19, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror UK.
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