Norovirus cases are once again rising in Britain, with experts warning that young children and the elderly could be at "high risk". Infections are 73 per cent higher than the five-season average, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency, with those aged 65 and over and under five most affected.
Although NHS figures show that cases of the infection in hospitals might have fallen, the infection still remains higher than this time last year. An average of 689 adult hospital beds per day were occupied last week by patients with diarrhoea and vomiting or norovirus-like symptoms — down 18 per cent from 840 in the previous week.
But the latest figure of 689 norovirus cases is more than twice the number at the same time last year, when the average stood at 293. The average reached 840 earlier this month, the highest since reporting for the current virus season began in November.
