Winter flu claims 92 lives so far with 320 hospitalised

The flu has claimed 92 lives over the winter so far. Most of those who died were aged 65 and over.

The number of deaths directly attributed to the virus rose by 22 over the last two weeks.

There were 320 people with flu symptoms hospitalised last week and 57% had the B virus, according to the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre.