Exclusive: official figures show 66 acute respiratory infection incidents in hospitals in week to 16 December
Increasing numbers of NHS trusts were now having to scale back care, she said, because they were under greater pressure overall than the previous big wave of Covid last winter, even though hospital admissions were lower.
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