New Jersey has felt the heat this summer, and it’s translated to what emergency rooms are seeing. Between May and early August, 962 patients visited an emergency department in the state with symptoms of heat-related illness, Nancy Kearney, deputy communications director for the Department of Health, told NJ Advance Media this week. “These are preliminary numbers as they reflect the initial information collected at Emergency Department arrival,” Kearney explained of the figures provided as of Aug. 5. With about a month of summer left to go, the Garden State is on track to have the highest numbe…