Concerns have been raised in recent weeks over people across the UK being struck down with flu-like illnesses. The new Covid strain, nicknamed Kraken, now accounts for 40.5 percent of cases in the US and UK doctors warn it is already linked to one in 25 cases here.
While the emergence of more illnesses can be linked also to flu and winter colds, new ONS figures show Covid cases had increased in the week ending December 31, Yorkshire Live reports. The MEN recently spoke to a health expert on what is causing sickness rates and what action to take if you fall ill.
Manchester's Director of Public Health, David Regan, told the newspaper: "In the lead up to Christmas we saw an increase in covid related admissions and people with covid in intensive care but as much pressure from covid on our hospital system as flu," he said.
