The flu death toll in the UK has now reached 231, latest statistics shows as officials claim the killer outbreak is now 'stabilising'. 'We are currently seeing a mix of flu types, including the A(H3N2) strain that circulated last winter in the UK and then in Australia and flu B. The flu death toll in the UK has now reached 231, latest statistics shows as officials claim the killer outbreak is now 'stabilising'REVEALED: THE UK VICTIMS WHO DIED FROM FLU DURING THE WINTER OF 2017/18 Dylan Day, 12, died from flu, his heartbroken parents revealed. Bethany Walker, 18, died after taking ill at home - initially from flu symptoms which later developed into pneumonia. The rocketing number of flu cases in the UK has been put down to a surge in four aggressive subtypes attacking the population simultaneously.

Source: Daily Mail February 01, 2018 15:18 UTC