Claim: The flu killed 64,000 people in 2018.
Fact-check: This figure for flu deaths is wrong - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. 64,000 people died in january 2018 in england and wales of all causes. public health england estimates that across the 2017/18 flu season there were around 22,000 deaths associated with flu in england.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2020-10-27T00:00:00