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Florida Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0675
Week of 2026-08-18

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Low
12 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
High
12 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
High
12 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
Campylobacteriosis182199
Cryptosporidiosis1737
Giardiasis2946
Legionellosis2128
Malaria14
Mpox114
Mumps12
Pertussis944
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)292297
Shigellosis2742
Tuberculosis1019
Varicella disease1221

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
5.91%
Current Asthma
9.92%
Current Smoking
14.38%
Depression
19.26%
Diabetes
11.08%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.3%
High Blood Pressure
31.74%
No Health Insurance
15.85%
Obesity
32.84%
Physical Inactivity
25.11%

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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