National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports: 2025 to 2026 season
Source: gov.uk (2025-12-04)

National influenza (flu) and COVID-19 report, monitoring COVID-19 activity, seasonal flu and other seasonal respiratory illnesses.

These reports summarise the surveillance of influenza, COVID-19 and other seasonal respiratory illnesses in England.

Weekly findings from community, primary care, secondary care and mortality surveillance systems are included in the reports.

This page includes reports published from 17 July 2025.

Please note that after the week 21 report (covering data up to week 20), this surveillance report will move to a condensed summer report and will be released every 2 weeks.

Correction notice

The COVID-19 vaccine uptake coverage report data 16 October 2025 (week 42) National flu and COVID-19 vaccine uptake coverage report data 9 October 2025 (week 41) were corrected on 23 October 2025. More details are provided in the statistics.

Previous reports on influenza surveillance are also available for:
- 2024 to 2025 season (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports-2024-to-2025-season)
- 2023 to 2024 season (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports-2023-to-2024-season)
- 2022 to 2023 season (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports-2022-to-2023-season)
- 2021 to 2022 season (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports-2021-to-2022-season)
- 2020 to 2021 season (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports)
- 2019 to 2020 season (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-national-flu-reports-2019-to-2020-season)
- 2018 to 2019 season (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-national-flu-reports-2018-to-2019-season)
- 2017 to 2018 season (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-national-flu-reports-2017-to-2018-season)
- 2016 to 2017 season (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-national-flu-reports-2016-to-2017-season)
- 2015 to 2016 season (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-national-flu-reports-2015-to-2016-season)
- 2014 to 2015 season (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-national-flu-reports-2014-to-2015-season)
- 2013 to 2014 season (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-national-flu-reports-2013-to-2014-season)
- Prior to 2013 season (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140629102650tf_/http://www.hpa.org.uk/Publications/InfectiousDiseases/Influenza/)
View previous COVID-19 surveillance reports (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-covid-19-surveillance-reports).

View the pre-release access list (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pre-release-access-lists-national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports) for these reports.

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