Health Pulse / Georgia

Georgia Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.1171

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Very Low

15 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Moderate

15 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

High

15 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

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

Notifiable Disease Reports

Disease	Latest Week	Count	52-Week Max
Campylobacteriosis	MMWR 33/2026	2	66
Cryptosporidiosis	MMWR 33/2026	8	23
Giardiasis	MMWR 20/2026	1	19
Legionellosis	MMWR 25/2026	2	17
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 33/2026	15	126
Shigellosis	MMWR 33/2026	2	26
Tuberculosis	MMWR 19/2026	1	14

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments. Each disease shows its own most recently reported week — some lag behind others. Provisional and subject to revision.

Health Profile

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

Coronary Heart Disease

6.1%

Current Asthma

10.72%

Current Smoking

16.96%

Depression

21%

Diabetes

13.17%

Frequent Mental Distress

19.26%

High Blood Pressure

37.19%

No Health Insurance

14.89%

Obesity

37.89%

Physical Inactivity

29.55%

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.