New Jersey 2009-2010 Flu Season

[Ronan Kelly]

NJ Update 1 new death - total 39

H1N1 Weekly Update: Week of December 21, 2009


Surveillance:

Currently, there is widespread influenza-like activity in New Jersey, which signifies there is flu activity in virtually every county in the state.

The Department is reporting one H1N1 influenza-related death this week:

A 52-year-old Bergen County female with underlying medication conditions. She was hospitalized on Nov. 16 and died on Dec. 9.
Including today?s death, a total of 21 H1N1 deaths have been reported since Sept. 1, 2009. There were 18 deaths reported to the CDC during last spring?s H1N1 outbreak

Due to the move of the DHSS Communicable Disease Services to a new building, this week?s influenza report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was delayed. As a result, New Jersey activity this week will not be reported on the CDC?s weekly nationwide influenza report on Dec. 25, 2009. The Department will report two weeks of surveillance data to the CDC on Dec. 29, 2009, which will appear on the CDC weekly report on Jan. 1, 2010.

Vaccine Availability:

As of Dec. 23, 2009, a total of 2,367,700 doses of H1N1 vaccine have been shipped to New Jersey. Vaccine has been ordered by more than 1,400 ship-to providers.

Facility Type
Received Doses

County and local health departments
1,241,800

Physicians? offices and employee health services
639,100

Hospitals
222,100

Community Health Centers
68,300

Colleges and schools
81,900

Government agency and health care facilities that serve target populations
58,800

Retail pharmacies
55,500

Adult Clinics
200

http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/dhss/njnewsline/view_article.pl?id=3502

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: NJ Update Dec 22 - 1 death - total 39

"H1N1 Weekly Update : Week of December 21, 2009 (Week 50)

Surveillance:
Currently, there is widespread influenza-like activity in New Jersey, which signifies there is flu activity in virtually every county in the state.

The Department is reporting one H1N1 influenza-related death this week:

* A 52-year-old Bergen County female with underlying medication conditions. She was hospitalized on Nov. 16 and died on Dec. 9.

Including today?s death, a total of 21 H1N1 deaths have been reported since Sept. 1, 2009. There were 18 deaths reported to the CDC during last spring?s H1N1 outbreak."

http://www.nj.gov/health/flu/weeklyupdate.shtml

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: NJ "Widespread" Week 51--No new deaths (21 total)

Week 51:

"There was no significant difference in ILI activity for the week
ending 12/26/09 when compared to the previous week ending 12/19/09.

During week 51, 5.39% of ILI was reported statewide from emergency departments. This is a decrease compared to the previous week (6.14%). The percent ILI for each county ranged from 0.00 % to 18.38%. The percent ILI for this same week last year was 3.64% in emergency departments. The percent ILI for the northwest (10.57%), northeast (4.28%), central west (4.82%), central east (6.80%) and south (3.78%) public health regions were found to be above the state baseline (3.04%).

During week 50, 39.62% of all RSV samples tested were positive. This is an increase over the previous week 30.52%. The percent of samples positive for RSV for this same week last year was 30.69%."

http://www.nj.gov/health/flu/fluinfo.shtml#rep

[Ronan Kelly]

NJ Surveillance Week 52 (ending Jan 2)

ILI rising again, Total fatalities 40.

http://nj.gov/health/flu/documents/stats09/flummwr_52.pdf

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: NJ Surveillance Week 52 (ending Jan 2)

Long term care facilities are something to watch:

From above website:
"During week 52, 0.82% ILI was reported statewide from long term care facilities. This is an increase compared to the previous week (0.50%)."

Additionally, only a portion of the 70 sentinel providers reported:

"During week 52, 3.55% of sentinel provider patient visits were due to ILI. These data reflect reports from sixteen (23%) of the 70 enrolled sentinel providers.
During week 51, 2.99% of sentinel provider patient visits were due to ILI. These data reflect reports from twenty-six (37%) of the 70 enrolled sentinel providers."

[JimO]

Re: New Jersey reports 2 deaths in Week 1 - Total 42

Source: http://www.state.nj.us/health/flu/do.../flummwr_1.pdf

NJ Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations and Deaths by Current MMWR week and Cumulative Total (Week 36 to present)

Period - Hospitalizations - Deaths

Week 1 - 43 - 2
Cumulative - 700 - 24

Prior to Week 36, New Jersey had reported 18 deaths.

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: New Jersey reports 2 deaths in Week 1 - Total 42

Two New H1N1-Related Deaths Reported
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
STATE?New Jersey reported two new H1N1-related deaths to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week.

They are:
? A 58-year-old Morris County female with underlying medical conditions. She was hospitalized on Dec. 9, 2009, and died the next day.
? A 24-year-old Middlesex female with underlying conditions. She was hospitalized on Dec. 31, 2009 and died Jan. 6, 2010.
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http://njtoday.net/2010/01/13/two-new-h1n1-related-deaths-reported/

[Ronan Kelly]

NJ week 2: 29 hospitalizations 0 fatalities.

ILI in long term care facilities dropped to 0.66% (0.67% last week; 0.90% this week last year).
School absenteeism 4.60% (4.84% last week; 4.83% last year)
ILI Emergency Departments: 4.55% (4.78% last week, 3.80% last year)
%P&I 2.27% (last week 6.03%, last year 4.88%)

http://www.state.nj.us/health/flu/documents/stats09/flummwr_2.pdf

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: New Jersey Week 2: 29 hospitalizations; No fatilities

http://www.state.nj.us/health/flu/documents/stats09/flummwr_4.pdf

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: New Jersey Week 4: 21 hospitalizations; No fatalities

21 hospitalizations and no fatalities reported for week 5.

http://nj.gov/health/flu/documents/stats09/flummwr_5.pdf

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: New Jersey Week 5: 21 hospitalizations; No fatalities

http://www.state.nj.us/health/flu/documents/stats09/flummwr_6.pdf

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: New Jersey Week 6: 22 hospitalizations; No fatalities

http://www.state.nj.us/health/flu/documents/stats09/flummwr_7.pdf

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: New Jersey Week 7: 16 hospitalizations; No fatalities

http://www.state.nj.us/health/flu/documents/stats09/flummwr_8.pdf

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: New Jersey Week 8: 19 hospitalizations; No fatalities

Week 8: Sporadic

Week 7: Sporadic
During week 7, schools reported 5.60% absenteeism. This is an increase compared to the previous week (5.21%).

Week 6 P&I: 2.3% (decrease from last week of 4.71%)

During week 6, 21.41% of all RSV samples tested were positive. This is an increase from the previous week 30.99%. The percent of samples positive for RSV for this same week last year was 17.44%.

http://www.state.nj.us/health/flu/documents/stats09/flummwr_8.pdf

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: New Jersey Week 9: 25 hospitalizations; No fatalities

Week 9: sporadic

ILI: 2.96% (decrease)
25 hospitalizations (increase from last week of 19)
P&I: 4.4% (decrease)
RSV: 15.55% (decrease)
Percent positive: about 3% (decrease)

During week 9, 0.70% ILI was reported statewide from long term care facilities. This is an increase compared to the previous week (0.62%).
During week 9, schools reported 3.75% absenteeism. This is a decrease compared to the previous week (4.86%).
During week 9, 2.96% of ILI was reported statewide from emergency departments. This is a decrease compared to the previous week (3.13%).

http://www.state.nj.us/health/flu/documents/stats09/flummwr_9.pdf