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Norovirus cases spike above 5-year average, PHAC says - National | Globalnews.ca

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Norovirus cases are being reported countrywide at higher rates than the five-year average from 2019 to 2023, the Public Health Agency of Canada said.

The agency noted that while cases are reported to the National Enteric Surveillance Program (NESP), it was unable to provide specific data on the number of cases.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows there were 91 outbreaks of norovirus reported during the week of Dec. 5 .

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