Admissions of patients with flu stood at a rate of 0.3 per 100,000 people last week, down from 0.4 per 100,000 the previous week and within baseline levels, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
There were some signs last week of slight increases in flu diagnoses among school-aged children, the UKHSA said. Hospital admission rates were highest among children under the age of five, at 1.1 per 100,000, but this was broadly unchanged on the previous week. Rates for people aged 85 and over stood at 0.4 per 100,000, down week on week from 1.2.
Hospital admission rates in England of people testing positive for Covid-19 stood at 2.8 per 100,000 last week, down from 3.4 the previous week and the fifth weekly drop in a row.
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