Covid: No new hospital admissions in Wales as flu levels fall

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Fewer people are now consulting their doctor or calling NHS 111 about flu No hospital admissions of patients with Covid-19 were recorded in Wales for the first time since the start of the pandemic, according to the latest data.
In the first week of January, about one in five patients in hospital had an acute respiratory infection (ARI) - either flu, Covid or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
The number of patients testing positive for Covid in hospital beds in Wales averaged 241 a day in the week to 24 January - down by a third on the week before and nearly two thirds on the month before.
Digital Health and Care Wales figures also show that on Tuesday only four (2%) of confirmed Covid patients in acute beds were being primarily treated for the virus, with 178 patients in hospital with Covid being treated for other conditions.