Health Pulse / Minnesota

Minnesota Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0791

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Low

24 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Very Low

21 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Low

27 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

Disease	Latest Week	Count	52-Week Max
Legionellosis	MMWR 33/2026	6	12
Mpox	MMWR 33/2026	1	3
Tuberculosis	MMWR 33/2026	4	23

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

5.27%

Current Asthma

10.31%

Current Smoking

15.49%

Depression

25.63%

Diabetes

9.1%

Frequent Mental Distress

16.97%

High Blood Pressure

28.05%

No Health Insurance

8.18%

Obesity

36.15%

Physical Inactivity

23.19%

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.