Covid now officially less deadly than seasonal flu

For the first time since 2020, Covid is now killing fewer people than across the US, official figures show.

data showed that in the week to February 1, the latest available, 1.5 percent of all deaths were linked to Covid, while two percent were down to the flu.

This marked the second week in a row that flu deaths had outpaced those from the pandemic virus. It comes as the US experiences its .

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