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Health Pulse / Louisiana

Louisiana Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.1121
Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
2 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22
RSV
Very Low
2 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22
SARS-CoV-2
Moderate
2 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

DiseaseLatest WeekCount52-Week Max
CampylobacteriosisMMWR 33/2026149
CryptosporidiosisMMWR 33/2026215
GiardiasisMMWR 33/2026212
LegionellosisMMWR 28/202618
MalariaMMWR 30/202611
PertussisMMWR 31/202619
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)MMWR 33/20261068
TuberculosisMMWR 33/202657
Varicella diseaseMMWR 31/202615

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
6.84%
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.