From the week beginning Nov. 3 through the week beginning Nov. 24, Public Health England (PHE) reported 56 suspected and laboratory confirmed hospital norovirus outbreaks with the West Midlands and North East regions/PHE center accounting for the most with 16 and 15 outbreaks, respectively.
Forty-seven, or 84 percent of the outbreaks led to ward/bay closures or restriction to admissions. Three quarters were laboratory confirmed.
This brings the annual total to 572 hospital norovirus outbreaks through the week of Nov.24
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