Flu Three times more people dying from flu in UK than last winter Death toll from virus hits 155, with 35 people dying last week alone Public Health England says the flu outbreak is the worst since 2010-11. Photograph: David Cheskin/PAThree times as many people are dying of flu this winter in the UK compared with last year, with the death toll since October now at 155, figures show. Across the UK last week 35 people died of flu – more than three times the 11 deaths recorded in the corresponding seven days last January. Q&A Why is the NHS winter crisis so bad in 2017-18? About six in 10 children in England have had a free flu jab this winter, slightly more than last year.

Source: The Guardian January 25, 2018 17:03 UTC