What You Need To Know
Please find the COVID-19 and Respiratory Illness Activity Report. This report summarizes surveillance information for COVID-19, RSV, and other non-influenza viral respiratory illnesses.
Report Highlights:
- CDC COVID-19 Hospital Admission Levels for the MMWR week ending December 2, 2023 is medium in 3 counties (Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland) and low in all other counties.
- The percentage of deaths due to COVID-19 in the past week is a timely measure of mortality trends. For the week ending December 2, 2023, 2.5% of deaths were due to COVID-19 (CDC COVID Data Tracker).
- In the past week, 1.6% of emergency department visits were diagnosed as COVID-19 (CDC COVID Data Tracker).
- In the four weeks leading up to November 25, 2023, HV.1 accounted for 29.5% of sequenced variants. EG.5 and HK.3 accounted for 15.1% and 9.4% of sequenced variants, respectively.
- For the week ending December 2, 2023, one COVID-19 and two RSV outbreaks were reported into the SIC module by K-12 schools.
- RSV activity in New Jersey continues to increase. Emergency department visits due to RSV have been increasing (CDC Respiratory Virus Activity Levels).
This report can be found on the NJDOH website at https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/statistics/covid/index.shtml.
Please contact the Communicable Disease Service at 609-826-5964 with any questions about the report.