Health Pulse / Wisconsin

Wisconsin Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0405

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Very Low

22 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Very Low

22 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Low

40 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	13	62
Cryptosporidiosis	MMWR 33/2026	3	28
Giardiasis	MMWR 33/2026	2	22
Legionellosis	MMWR 33/2026	4	10
Pertussis	MMWR 30/2026	2	25
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 33/2026	16	57
Shigellosis	MMWR 32/2026	1	11
Tuberculosis	MMWR 31/2026	2	4
Varicella disease	MMWR 33/2026	1	13

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

5.48%

Current Asthma

11.08%

Current Smoking

15.25%

Depression

24.72%

Diabetes

9.43%

Frequent Mental Distress

17.24%

High Blood Pressure

28.95%

No Health Insurance

8.32%

Obesity

38.5%

Physical Inactivity

26.42%

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.