Is Covid why everyone's getting sick? Cases of virus have doubled in a month and hospitalisations up five-fold - amid spread of new XFG variant
Diagnoses of the bug are at their highest level since October 2025 and rising levels of Britons are being admitted for care. Figures show 950 admissions this August, which jumped to 4,939 in September.
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- Primary source: Daily Mail
- Published: Oct 5, 2026, 2:24 PM UTC
- Coverage area: Culture & Society
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