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Health Pulse / Maine

Maine Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0549
Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
12 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22
RSV
Very Low
11 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22
SARS-CoV-2
Moderate
12 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 33/2026310
CryptosporidiosisMMWR 30/202636
GiardiasisMMWR 31/202619
LegionellosisMMWR 31/202613
PertussisMMWR 33/2026415
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)MMWR 33/202629
ShigellosisMMWR 28/202612
Varicella diseaseMMWR 29/202613

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
5.81%
Current Asthma
13.17%
Current Smoking
16.1%
Depression
28.92%
Diabetes
9.18%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.23%
High Blood Pressure
30.47%
No Health Insurance
8.74%
Obesity
34.07%
Physical Inactivity
23.11%

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.