Mary Wilson
Well-known member
Sunday 31 January 2021 18:17, UK
The number of people suffering from the flu in England has plunged by more than 95% to levels not seen for 130 years.
Data experts at the Royal College of General Practices (RCGP) said that in the third week of January - usually a peak time for the flu - the number of flu-like illnesses reported to doctors was 0.9 per 100,000 people compared with a five-year average of 27.
... Out of 3.9 million patients at 385 GP practices in England monitored by the RCGP, only 35 had the flu last week.
And The Sunday Times reports that in the second week of January, the flu positivity rate - a standard measurement of flu in the community - was 0%. Not one of the 1,894 samples tested positive.
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19...-to-130-year-low-12204516?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter
The number of people suffering from the flu in England has plunged by more than 95% to levels not seen for 130 years.
Data experts at the Royal College of General Practices (RCGP) said that in the third week of January - usually a peak time for the flu - the number of flu-like illnesses reported to doctors was 0.9 per 100,000 people compared with a five-year average of 27.
... Out of 3.9 million patients at 385 GP practices in England monitored by the RCGP, only 35 had the flu last week.
And The Sunday Times reports that in the second week of January, the flu positivity rate - a standard measurement of flu in the community - was 0%. Not one of the 1,894 samples tested positive.
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19...-to-130-year-low-12204516?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter
