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 associated with COVID-19 continue to decrease. Emergency department visits remain low for influenza and RSV.
- The majority of hospitalizations associated with COVID-19 have been reported in persons 65 years and older.
- Test positivity for COVID-19 is lower than what it was several weeks ago and positivity remains elevated for parainfluenza and rhinovirus/enterovirus.
- Wastewater viral activity levels are low for COVID-19 and very low for influenza type A and RSV.
- The predominant COVID-19 variant in circulation is XFG, a subvariant of Omicron covered by COVID-19 vaccines.
- Respiratory outbreaks recently reported in long-term care facilities are primarily due to COVID-19.
Please contact the Communicable Disease Service at 609-826-5964 with questions. This report is posted at https://www.nj.gov/health/respiratory-viruses/data-and-reports/.
For additional information, visit the NJDOH CDS Respiratory Illness Dashboard and the NJDOH CDS Vaccination Coverage in NJ LTC Facilities Dashboard