Health Pulse / Mississippi

Mississippi Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.107

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

Very High

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

Disease	Latest Week	Count	52-Week Max
Campylobacteriosis	MMWR 33/2026	3	23
Cryptosporidiosis	MMWR 29/2026	1	4
Legionellosis	MMWR 12/2026	1	4
Pertussis	MMWR 29/2026	1	6
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 33/2026	14	61
Shigellosis	MMWR 27/2026	1	6
Tuberculosis	MMWR 16/2026	1	5
Varicella disease	MMWR 29/2026	1	1

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

6.8%

Current Asthma

10.55%

Current Smoking

19.66%

Depression

20.44%

Diabetes

14.99%

Frequent Mental Distress

19.2%

High Blood Pressure

43.38%

No Health Insurance

13.26%

Obesity

42.73%

Physical Inactivity

36.08%

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.