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Health Pulse / Minnesota

Minnesota Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0606
Week of 2026-08-18

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
24 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very Low
21 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Low
27 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
Legionellosis1012
Mpox13
Tuberculosis123

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
5.27%
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.

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