Public Health Info COVID19 and Respiratory Illness Activity Report for week ending 111123

Attached 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 November 11, 2023, is low in all counties.
• The percentage of deaths due to COVID-19 in the past week is a timely measure of mortality trends. For the week ending November 11, 2023, 1.9% of deaths were due to COVID-19 (CDC COVID Data Tracker).
• In the past week, 1.0% of emergency department visits were diagnosed as COVID-19 (CDC COVID Data Tracker).
• In the four weeks leading up to November 4, 2023, EG.5 accounted for 22.0% of sequenced variants. HV.1 and FL.1.5.1 accounted for 20.2% and 15.7% of sequenced variants, respectively.
• For the week ending November 11, 2023, three COVID-19 outbreaks were reported in the SIC module by K-12 schools.
• RSV activity continues to increase in recent weeks and percent positivity is approaching 10%.

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.