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Health Pulse / Delaware

Delaware Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0623
Week of 2026-08-18
RSV
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.6808
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
8 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very Low
1 monitoring site, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Very Low
8 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
Tuberculosis12

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments (MMWR week 7, 2026). Provisional and subject to revision.

Health Profile

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

Coronary Heart Disease
5.32%
Current Asthma
11.29%
Current Smoking
13.42%
Depression
23.03%
Diabetes
10.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.22%
High Blood Pressure
32.71%
No Health Insurance
9.41%
Obesity
36.31%
Physical Inactivity
26.03%

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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