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Health Pulse / Kentucky

Kentucky Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.1033
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.7758
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.8177
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Low
16 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very High
10 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
High
16 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
Cryptosporidiosis213
Giardiasis237
Legionellosis19
Mpox13
Pertussis129
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)155
Shigellosis48
Tuberculosis14
Varicella disease19

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments (MMWR week 24, 2026). Provisional and subject to revision.

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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