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Ohio Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0632
Week of 2026-08-18
RSV
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.6564
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
57 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very Low
54 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Low
57 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
Campylobacteriosis174176
Cryptosporidiosis130
Giardiasis1125
Legionellosis3751
Malaria54
Mpox24
Mumps12
Pertussis842
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)58154
Shigellosis1217
Tuberculosis28
Varicella disease216

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
5.93%
Current Asthma
11.25%
Current Smoking
16.82%
Depression
27.33%
Diabetes
10.87%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.27%
High Blood Pressure
32.96%
No Health Insurance
8.25%
Obesity
37.9%
Physical Inactivity
26.41%

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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