Health Pulse / New Mexico

New Mexico Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Likely Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0453

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

7 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	2	27
Cryptosporidiosis	MMWR 32/2026	2	6
Giardiasis	MMWR 26/2026	1	5
Legionellosis	MMWR 33/2026	1	5
Mpox	MMWR 22/2026	1	1
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 33/2026	4	17
Shigellosis	MMWR 33/2026	1	17
Tuberculosis	MMWR 33/2026	1	3
Varicella disease	MMWR 31/2026	1	4

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

6.41%

Current Asthma

10.52%

Current Smoking

16.12%

Depression

23.71%

Diabetes

12.6%

Frequent Mental Distress

18.16%

High Blood Pressure

30.93%

No Health Insurance

16.84%

Obesity

35.19%

Physical Inactivity

26.65%

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.