Health Pulse / Ohio

Ohio Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0707

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Very Low

57 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Very Low

54 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Low

57 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	17	176
Cryptosporidiosis	MMWR 33/2026	36	30
Giardiasis	MMWR 25/2026	11	25
Legionellosis	MMWR 33/2026	2	51
Malaria	MMWR 31/2026	5	4
Mpox	MMWR 32/2026	2	4
Mumps	MMWR 19/2026	1	2
Pertussis	MMWR 33/2026	11	42
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 33/2026	68	154
Shigellosis	MMWR 33/2026	14	17
Tuberculosis	MMWR 27/2026	2	8
Varicella disease	MMWR 33/2026	6	16

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

5.93%

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.