Norovirus keeps pressure on hospitals with warning of ‘potential second wave’

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By Erin Dean

Winter pressures are continuing to put pressure on the NHS in England with the number of hospital beds taken by people with norovirus 150% higher than this time last year.

The total remains close to its record high, according to official data, with an average of 1,134 patients a day in hospital with the vomiting bug last week – down slightly on the previous week (1,160), but still nearly two and a half times it was for the same period last year.