Health Pulse / North Carolina

North Carolina Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.1106

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Very Low

33 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

High

33 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Very High

33 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 7/2026	1	25
Shigellosis	MMWR 4/2026	1	16
Tuberculosis	MMWR 33/2026	4	21
Varicella disease	MMWR 4/2026	1	26

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

5.99%

Current Asthma

11.37%

Current Smoking

16.01%

Depression

26%

Diabetes

11.18%

Frequent Mental Distress

18.63%

High Blood Pressure

34.94%

No Health Insurance

11.7%

Obesity

37.2%

Physical Inactivity

25.22%

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.