FOI Ref: FOI/2022/3820
You asked
Please supply the following information:
The recorded number of common flu cases per month across England through 2021
The recorded number of common flu cases per month across Cambridgeshire in 2021
We said
Thank you for your enquiry regarding the number of flu cases per month.
Influenza cases for England and Cambridgeshire
ONS are responsible for the production of Mortality data for England and Wales, this is driven by information collected from the death certificate at death registration.
Unfortunately, we do not hold data relating to cases of influenza.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) may be better placed to answer your query. They can be contacted on: enquiries@ukhsa.gov.uk.
However, it may be of interest to you that we publish provisional numbers of deaths registered involving and due to influenza and pneumonia combined for 2021 in the weekly deaths publication in the 'weekly figures by cause' table. Please see rows 15 and 16. We do not publish influenza deaths at a local authority level whilst provisional.