The number of people in hospital in England with norovirus remains close to record levels, as health chiefs warned that winter is “certainly not over” for the NHS.
An average of 1,094 hospital beds were filled each day last week by patients with diarrhoea and vomiting or norovirus-like symptoms.
This is down slightly by 4% from 1,134 the previous week and is just 6% below the record high of 1,160 a fortnight earlier.
Norovirus levels continue to be sharply higher than at this point 12 months ago, when an average of 470 beds were filled with patients with symptoms, and in 2023 (568 patients).