Health Pulse / Virginia

Virginia Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0911

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Very Low

11 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Very Low

14 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Very High

32 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	54	84
Cryptosporidiosis	MMWR 33/2026	16	27
Giardiasis	MMWR 33/2026	9	35
Legionellosis	MMWR 33/2026	4	19
Malaria	MMWR 33/2026	4	5
Mpox	MMWR 27/2026	2	4
Mumps	MMWR 16/2026	1	1
Pertussis	MMWR 33/2026	7	20
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 33/2026	54	104
Shigellosis	MMWR 33/2026	11	20
Tuberculosis	MMWR 33/2026	1	9
Varicella disease	MMWR 33/2026	5	14

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

5.67%

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.