Health Pulse / Hawaii

Hawaii Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0847

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Low

10 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Very High

10 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Very High

10 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 28/2026	1	18
Giardiasis	MMWR 3/2026	2	3
Pertussis	MMWR 17/2026	2	27
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 27/2026	3	15
Shigellosis	MMWR 27/2026	2	12
Tuberculosis	MMWR 31/2026	2	8
Varicella disease	MMWR 27/2026	1	8

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

5.3%

Current Asthma

10.96%

Current Smoking

13.62%

Depression

19.24%

Diabetes

9.94%

Frequent Mental Distress

17.26%

High Blood Pressure

26.82%

No Health Insurance

6.61%

Obesity

27.97%

Physical Inactivity

21.05%

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.