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Covid spikes AGAIN - hospitalisations shoot up by 40% in two weeks and deaths rise too, as experts warn of early virus explosion

Daily Mail Health · 16 October 2026 at 13:03

Covid spikes AGAIN - hospitalisations shoot up by 40% in two weeks and deaths rise too, as experts warn of early virus explosion

The number of Britons being hospitalised with Covid-19 has surged by more than 40 per cent in just two weeks, according to the most recent figures.

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Covid spikes AGAIN - hospitalisations shoot up by 40% in two weeks and deaths rise too, as experts warn of early virus explosion

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