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Health Pulse / Maryland

Maryland Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0678
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Likely Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.9163
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Not Changing
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.8391
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
10 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very Low
10 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Moderate
10 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
Campylobacteriosis4065
Cryptosporidiosis1413
Giardiasis614
Legionellosis511
Malaria217
Mpox111
Mumps19
Pertussis28
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)4899
Shigellosis1623
Tuberculosis38

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments (MMWR week 32, 2026). Provisional and subject to revision.

Health Profile

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

Coronary Heart Disease
5.04%
Current Asthma
10.68%
Current Smoking
12.15%
Depression
21.33%
Diabetes
10.35%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.51%
High Blood Pressure
32.7%
No Health Insurance
9.05%
Obesity
35.26%
Physical Inactivity
23.15%

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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