Health Pulse / Rhode Island

Rhode Island Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Not Changing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0208

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Very Low

12 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Very Low

12 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

High

12 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 25/2026	3	16
Cryptosporidiosis	MMWR 26/2026	1	10
Giardiasis	MMWR 9/2026	1	4
Legionellosis	MMWR 22/2026	1	6
Mpox	MMWR 33/2026	1	3
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 33/2026	5	11
Tuberculosis	MMWR 33/2026	1	6

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

5.01%

Current Asthma

11.75%

Current Smoking

11.62%

Depression

24.28%

Diabetes

8.39%

Frequent Mental Distress

17.29%

High Blood Pressure

28.97%

No Health Insurance

6.98%

Obesity

30.14%

Physical Inactivity

21.31%

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.