Is Covid why everyone's sick? Cases of virus have doubled in a month

Covid cases surge in the UK as hospital admissions rise fivefold

More than half of the positive tests were found to be a variant of XFG

COVID-19 Cases Double in a Month as New XFG Variant Spreads

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​Is COVID-19 back again? ‘American Covid’ is on the rise in UK, with cases of hospitalization: Early signs, risk factors, prevention and management explained​

COVID-19 might not be at the center of our lives the way it was a few years ago, but it’s not gone. Far from it, actually. As temperatures drop across the UK, the number of people testing positive and ending up in hospital is ticking up again. Right now, a lot of the chatter isn’t about just any version of the virus, but a variant people have dubbed ‘American Covid’, or Stratus. It may sound somewhat dramatic, but the situation isn’t quite so di…

Is Covid why everyone's sick? Cases of virus have doubled in a month

Diagnoses of the bug are at their highest level since October 2025 and rising levels of Britons are being admitted for care. Figures show 950 admissions this August, which jumped to 4,939 in September.