Claim: Flu is behind one in 10 deaths.
Fact-check: Flu is not responsible for all 'flu and pneumonia' deaths - Full Fact
Verdict: either flu or pneumonia was recorded as the cause of about one in 11 deaths in england and wales in the first week of 2023. but flu was not necessarily involved in all of them.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2023-01-20T00:00:00