Fall in flu levels 'continuing'

Flu levels have continued to fall in the past week with swine flu no longer even the dominant strain in circulation.
The numbers of people going to their GP with flu is now a third of what it was at its peak over Christmas, the Health Protection Agency data showed.

The outbreak had been driven by the swine flu virus, but cases have fallen recently.

The number of deaths linked to flu now stands at 338.

That is up from 254 last week, but the majority of those deaths did not occur during the past seven days. Instead, it has been taking labs several weeks to identify the reasons for deaths.

The GP data for England showed flu consultations stood at 41 per 100,000 people - a fall from just over 66 last week. Rates also fell across the rest of the UK.