Health Pulse / Tennessee

Tennessee Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0784

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Very Low

2 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Moderate

2 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Low

2 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	5	47
Mpox	MMWR 31/2026	1	3
Mumps	MMWR 24/2026	1	1
Pertussis	MMWR 33/2026	7	21
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 33/2026	5	61
Shigellosis	MMWR 32/2026	5	10
Tuberculosis	MMWR 33/2026	2	8

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

6.35%

Current Asthma

11.32%

Current Smoking

20.2%

Depression

30.99%

Diabetes

11.99%

Frequent Mental Distress

21.62%

High Blood Pressure

36.42%

No Health Insurance

12.68%

Obesity

39.09%

Physical Inactivity

27.51%

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.