Health Pulse / New Jersey

New Jersey Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0708

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Very Low

23 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Moderate

23 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Moderate

23 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

Highest activity level observed among this state's wastewater monitoring sites. Wastewater signals often precede clinical reporting.

Notifiable Disease Reports

Disease	Latest Week	Count	52-Week Max
Campylobacteriosis	MMWR 33/2026	9	87
Cryptosporidiosis	MMWR 29/2026	1	21
Giardiasis	MMWR 29/2026	1	22
Legionellosis	MMWR 12/2026	1	7
Malaria	MMWR 3/2026	1	4
Mpox	MMWR 8/2026	2	4
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 33/2026	4	82
Shigellosis	MMWR 33/2026	3	19
Tuberculosis	MMWR 33/2026	3	38

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments. Each disease shows its own most recently reported week — some lag behind others. Provisional and subject to revision.

Health Profile

Long-term community health indicators (not current surveillance) — 2023 estimates.

Coronary Heart Disease

4.51%

Current Asthma

9.1%

Current Smoking

10.98%

Depression

16.86%

Diabetes

8.36%

Frequent Mental Distress

15.84%

High Blood Pressure

28.32%

No Health Insurance

9.75%

Obesity

28.59%

Physical Inactivity

21.48%

Source: CDC PLACES, state-level average of local estimates.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Trend estimates and wastewater viral activity levels, not diagnoses or case counts. Public health surveillance data — not medical advice.