The highly contagious virus' symptoms typically include diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach pain.
The rate of norovirus tests coming back positive, averaged over three weeks, was around 17% as of the end of last week. That’s the highest it has been at any time in the last year.
The CDC tracks norovirus outbreaks via a network of 14 state health departments. Despite the upward trend, the agency said the numbers of cases and outbreaks fall within the average from 2012 to 2020. In fact, the 254 outbreaks reported between August and mid-February is less than the number during the same period last year, 313.
Grusich said measures taken earlier in the pandemic to curb Covid's spread likely helped prevent some norovirus outbreaks as well. One reason it's difficult to stop the virus from spreading is that it's relatively resistant to alcohol, according to Craig Wilen, an associate professor of laboratory medicine and immunobiology at the Yale School of Medicine. By contrast, many other viruses can be targeted with alcohol-based solutions like hand sanitizers.
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