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Daniel Keane

London flu patient numbers rise 81% in a fortnight and reach highest peak this winter

Flu hospitalisations have reached the highest point so far this winter in London, figures revealed today, as NHS leaders warned of “unrelenting” pressure on the health service.

Data published by NHS England showed that an average of 480 hospital beds in the capital were occupied by flu patients in the week up to February 4, a rise of 81 per cent in a fortnight.

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