Covid wave hits OAPs fuelled by new variant
Daily Mirror UK|July 02, 2024
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MARTIN BAGOT
Covid wave hits OAPs fuelled by new variant

A SUMMER Covid wave is growing, particularly in the most elderly, fuelled by a new variant.

As Fresh Lineage of Rapid Transmission - FLIRT variants take hold, hospital rates suggest infection rise.

The number of people hospitalised with Covid was 3.31 per 100,000 in the week to June 16, up from 2.67 the week before. It peaked at 34.7 among the over-85s.

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