The number of cases of swine flu remained below 5,000 for the third week in a row, health officials said on Thursday.
Figures revealed there were 12.1 GP consultations per 100,000 population for flu-like illness in England for the week ending January 17.
A total of 211 patients are in hospital with swine flu, 62 of whom are in critical care.
Over the Christmas and New Year period, new cases of swine flu fell to their lowest level since the early stages of the disease and dropped to below 5,000 in the first week of January.
The number of people receiving anti-viral drugs through the National Pandemic Flu Service in the past week was 6,337 - down from 13,436 for the week ending January 5.
A total of 3.7 million priority groups in England have been vaccinated, including 132,000 pregnant women and 214,000 children aged from six months to five years, according to the figures.
