Health Pulse / Washington

Washington Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0581

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Very Low

26 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Very Low

26 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Very High

26 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	55	83
Cryptosporidiosis	MMWR 33/2026	8	16
Giardiasis	MMWR 31/2026	1	13
Legionellosis	MMWR 33/2026	1	8
Malaria	MMWR 1/2026	1	4
Mpox	MMWR 6/2026	1	16
Pertussis	MMWR 31/2026	1	40
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 33/2026	25	44
Shigellosis	MMWR 33/2026	7	22

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

5.13%

Current Asthma

11.44%

Current Smoking

12.13%

Depression

26.84%

Diabetes

9.02%

Frequent Mental Distress

18.4%

High Blood Pressure

28.82%

No Health Insurance

9.48%

Obesity

33.43%

Physical Inactivity

18.87%

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.