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Health Pulse / Colorado

Colorado Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0639
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.8766
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.7282
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
23 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very Low
23 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Moderate
23 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15

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

Notifiable Disease Reports

DiseaseThis Week52-Week Max
Campylobacteriosis3859
Cryptosporidiosis1344
Giardiasis1224
Legionellosis110
Mpox13
Mumps11
Pertussis728
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)29121
Shigellosis817
Tuberculosis15
Varicella disease921

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments (MMWR week 32, 2026). Provisional and subject to revision.

Health Profile

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

Coronary Heart Disease
5.02%
Current Asthma
11.1%
Current Smoking
12.16%
Depression
23.45%
Diabetes
8.22%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.16%
High Blood Pressure
25.87%
No Health Insurance
11.4%
Obesity
26.6%
Physical Inactivity
18%

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.

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