At least 30 children have now died in the UK from invasive Strep A disease, new figures show.
At least 30 children have now died in the UK from invasive Strep A disease , new figures show.
And the deaths of three children from iGas in Belfast and Wales have also been recorded by the UKHSA, bringing the number of child deaths in the UK to 30. There have been 33,836 notifications of scarlet fever this season, compared to 4,672 at the same point in 2017 to 2018.
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