What You Need To Know
Below please find the NJDOH Respiratory Illness Surveillance Report. This report summarizes surveillance information for COVID-19, Influenza, RSV, and other respiratory illnesses.
Report Highlights:
- Emergency department visits and hospital admissions remain elevated for influenza and while they remain stable for COVID-19 since last week, they have decreased for RSV.
- Recent COVID-19, influenza, and RSV hospitalizations have mostly been reported in persons 65 years and older, though RSV hospitalizations continue to be elevated in the 0-4 year age group. The number of influenza-associated deaths remain elevated over the past month; none have been reported in children.
- Levels of COVID-19 and influenza A in wastewater have been increasing over the past month, with the sharpest increase in influenza A. COVID-19 levels, while elevated, remain lower than the summer 2024 peak. There have been recent declines in RSV levels in wastewater.
- The predominant COVID-19 variants are XEC and LP.8.1, subvariants of Omicron covered by the 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine. The predominant circulating influenza A subtype is 2009 H1N1, and is included in the 2024-25 influenza vaccine.
- Respiratory outbreaks reported by K-12 schools so far this month have been primarily due to influenza and outbreaks reported in long-term care facilities continue to primarily be due to COVID-19 and influenza.
Please contact the Communicable Disease Service (CDS) at 609-826-5964 with questions.