Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

From the CDC website:

Each year, Norovirus—

• causes about 21 million cases of acute gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach or intestines or both)
• contributes to about 70,000 hospitalizations and 800 deaths, mostly among young children and the elderly

You can get Norovirus illness at any time during the year. But, it is most common in the winter. Also, there can be 50% more Norovirus illness in years when there is a new strain of the virus going around.

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