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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): 1.0749
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.8383
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.4922
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
14 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very Low
10 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Low
14 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
Campylobacteriosis410
Cryptosporidiosis36
Giardiasis19
Legionellosis13
Pertussis115
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)19
Shigellosis12
Varicella disease13

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
5.81%
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.

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