THREE more people have been diagnosed with swine flu today, taking the number of confirmed cases in the UK to 71.

THREE more people have been diagnosed with swine flu today, taking the number of confirmed cases in the UK to 71.

The latest people confirmed with the virus are a child from the East of England and a child and an adult from London.

The Health Protection Agency said all three were linked to people who had already been confirmed with the virus.

A spokesman for NHS London said a child from the Southwark area and an adult from Lewisham had been diagnosed with the virus.