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Health chiefs confirmed today that the unidentified pupil, who attended Hove Park School, is thought to have died from an extremely rare complication triggered by the bacterial infection.

A surge in the winter bug among children has led to the deaths of 16 youngsters - but there have also been 23 among older people.

DailyMail.com analysis of official data revealed nine states have childrens hospitals that have more than nine in ten beds occupied. For ICUs, four states are over-capacity.

NHS data shows 7.2million patients in England were stuck in the backlog by October - equivalent to one in eight people. More than 400,000 had been queuing, often in pain, for at least one year.

Parents are advised to discuss concerns with their GP, and that the HSE website contains up-to-date information on Strep A and other infections including RSV

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Data shows the Isle of Wight is currently suffering higher infection rates of scarlet fever than anywhere else in the UK

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EXCLUSIVE: Dr Nicole Robb, a virologist at the University of Oxford, told MailOnline that lateral flow tests should be rolled out to detect Strep A infections earlier.