The NHS have sounded the alarm over an ‘unprecedented wave’ of ‘super flu’ as cases surge to record highs.

Hospitals face a ‘worst-case scenario’ with new data showing the H3N2 flu virus left an average of 2,660 patients in hospital each day last week.

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

NHS bosses fear there is ‘still no flu peak in sight’ and warned staff are ‘being pushed to their limit’.

Professor Meghana Pandit, NHS national medical director, said: ‘With record demand for A&E and ambulances and an impending resident doctors strike, this unprecedented wave of super flu is leaving the NHS facing a worst-case scenario for this time of year – with staff being pushed to the limit to keep providing the best possible care for patients.

‘The nu

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