NHS England has warned the health service is facing a "worst case scenario" December with a surge of "super flu".

The warning comes as new figures revealed the number of people in hospital with flu have increased by more than half in just one week.

An average of 2,660 patients were in hospital per day with flu last week.

This is the highest ever for this time of year and up 55% on last week.

Health service bosses are warning that the number of flu patients in hospital has already increased sharply since the week covered by this data - with no peak in sight.

Alongside rocketing flu, the number of norovirus patients in hospital has also risen 35%.

The NHS is now warning winter viruses are starting to "engulf hospitals".

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