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Health Pulse / Virginia

Virginia Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0708
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.8694
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.8325
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Low
11 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very Low
14 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
High
32 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
Campylobacteriosis6878
Cryptosporidiosis2627
Giardiasis435
Legionellosis1019
Malaria25
Mpox24
Mumps11
Pertussis420
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)64105
Shigellosis1020
Tuberculosis69
Varicella disease314

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
5.67%
Current Asthma
10.97%
Current Smoking
14.82%
Depression
24.04%
Diabetes
11.37%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.16%
High Blood Pressure
33.25%
No Health Insurance
9.85%
Obesity
35.94%
Physical Inactivity
25.24%

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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