The number of patients in hospital in England with norovirus has jumped 45% to reach a new high for this winter, figures show.An average of 823 hospital beds were filled each day last week by people with diarrhoea and vomiting or norovirus-like symptoms.This is up sharply from the previous week's average of 567 patients and is higher than this point last year, when 784 patients were filling hospital beds.

The number of patients in hospital in England with norovirus has jumped 45% to reach a new high for this winter, figures show.An average of 823 hospital beds were filled each day last week by people with diarrhoea and vomiting or norovirus-like symptoms.This is up sharply from the previous week's average of 567 patients and is higher than this point last year, when 784 patients were filling hospital beds.