Health Pulse / Montana

Montana Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0718

Week of 2026-08-18

RSV

Declining

Rt (effective reproduction): 0.7781

Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

SARS-CoV-2

Very Low

1 monitoring site, 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

Disease	This Week	52-Week Max
Legionellosis	1	2
Pertussis	1	15
Tuberculosis	2	1
Varicella disease	1	4

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments (MMWR week 23, 2026). Provisional and subject to revision.

Health Profile

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

Coronary Heart Disease

5.68%

Current Asthma

11.71%

Current Smoking

16.26%

Depression

25.51%

Diabetes

9.13%

Frequent Mental Distress

19.27%

High Blood Pressure

29.04%

No Health Insurance

10.36%

Obesity

33.09%

Physical Inactivity

21.74%

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.