Covid cases double in a month and hospital admissions rise five-fold, amid spread of new XFG variant

Daily Mail Monday 5th October 2026, 3:21PM 1 min read 2 hours ago

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.

Read original Daily Mail

More from Daily Mail

Thylane Blondeau mingles with Hollywood royalty Uma Thurman as they lead the front row glamour at Zimmermann's PFW show

2 hours ago

Carrie Grant says she's been 'changed forever' by the trauma of being on suicide watch for her autistic child

2 hours ago

The shabby West London street plagued by 33 fast food restaurants, 11 barbers and tacky vape shops... and the campaigners facing death threats in their fight to turn it around: ROBERT HARDMAN

2 hours ago

'Why would anyone start a business in the UK now?' Jeremy Clarkson hammers Labour in surprise appearance at Tory conference

2 hours ago