There was a similar outbreak at a care home in the region a week prior.
43 people were ill at a midlands nursing home during a vomiting bug outbreak.
That's among the findings of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre's latest report, which found one case of the noroviral infection was laboratory confirmed last week.
It follows a similar outbreak at a nursing home in the region the week before, when 16 people were reported as ill.
30 people have also been reported as unwell during an outbreak of acute infectious gastroenteritis at a childcare facility in the midlands last week.
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