{"id":301586,"date":"2025-12-04T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:00:21","slug":"number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/x_HxQwvF6z8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x_HxQwvF6z8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The number of flu patients in hospital beds across England is more than 50% higher than the same period in 2024, according to NHS data.<\/p>\n<p>An average of 1,717 patients were in beds in England each day last week, including 69 in critical care.<\/p>\n<p>This is an increase of 56% for the same week in 2024, where the total was 1,098, with 39 in critical care.<\/p>\n<p>#skynews #nhs #fluseason <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews<br \/>\nSky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/<br \/>\nFor more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB<br \/>\nTo enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of flu patients in hospital beds across England is more than 50% higher than the same period in 2024, according to NHS data. An average of 1,717 patients were in beds in England each day last week, including 69 in critical care. This is an increase of 56% for the same week in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":301587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[129870,129283,129129],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-301586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-hospital","tag-number","tag-patients"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-04T12:00:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/x_HxQwvF6z8\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-04T12:00:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/hqdefault-538.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Hospital\",\"number\",\"patients\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sky News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\\\/\",\"name\":\"Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/hqdefault-538.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-04T12:00:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/hqdefault-538.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/hqdefault-538.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2025-12-04T12:00:21+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/x_HxQwvF6z8\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year","datePublished":"2025-12-04T12:00:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/"},"wordCount":195,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hqdefault-538.jpg","keywords":["Hospital","number","patients"],"articleSection":["Sky News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/","name":"Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hqdefault-538.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-04T12:00:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hqdefault-538.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hqdefault-538.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/number-of-people-in-hospital-with-flu-in-england-is-56-higher-than-last-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Number of people in hospital with flu in England is 56% higher than last year"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301586"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=301586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}