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Norovirus wave now more than double last year's peak, CDC says

By CBS News  
   January 15, 2025

This winter's wave of norovirus infections has reached levels that are now more than double last season's peak, the CDC says. Nearly 28% of norovirus tests run over the week of the New Year's holiday came back positive for the highly contagious virus. That is more than double the 13.52% of tests coming back positive reached during the peak of last season's wave in March, according to data from public health laboratories around the country tallied by the CDC. 

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