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Louisiana Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.09
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Likely Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.9387
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.8143
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
2 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very Low
2 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Low
2 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
Campylobacteriosis248
Cryptosporidiosis114
Giardiasis212
Legionellosis18
Malaria11
Pertussis19
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)759
Tuberculosis47
Varicella disease15

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments (MMWR week 31, 2026). Provisional and subject to revision.

Health Profile

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

Coronary Heart Disease
6.84%
Current Asthma
10.87%
Current Smoking
20.22%
Depression
28.21%
Diabetes
14.23%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.61%
High Blood Pressure
40.9%
No Health Insurance
10.05%
Obesity
42.31%
Physical Inactivity
32.83%

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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