Colorado Springs School Illness Watch

Report for August 15, 2026

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Colorado Springs School Illness Watch

Snapshot as of August 15, 2026

Summary

No change

No material change since the last check on August 14, 2026. Statewide respiratory illness activity (COVID-19, flu, RSV) remains Very Low, per CDPHE's weekly update (still last refreshed 8/12/2026 — no new weekly release yet; next expected Wednesday). ED-visit and lab-positivity figures are identical to the prior check. Wastewater SARS-CoV-2 detections ticked up slightly (6→9 of 21 utilities rising) on recalculation, but this doesn't change the overall Very Low activity level. El Paso County's communicable disease dashboard is also unchanged (last refreshed 8/12/2026), and the county's "What's Going Around" bulletin remains discontinued — its most recent issue is still the one from September 20, 2025. Nothing new to act on today.

Colorado statewide — CDPHE viral respiratory report

Overall activity: Very Low
COVID-19
ED visits0.14%
Sentinel lab positivity2.63%
Influenza
ED visits0.03%
Sentinel lab positivity0.51%
RSV
ED visits0.00%
Sentinel lab positivity0.08%
Wastewater — SARS-CoV-2
9 / 21
utilities rising
Wastewater — Influenza
0 / 21
utilities detected
Wastewater — RSV
0 / 21
utilities detected

Data last updated by CDPHE: August 12, 2026 (updates weekly, Wednesdays ~4pm MT)

El Paso County — local data

Communicable Disease Data Dashboard: last updated August 12, 2026. No jump flagged in respiratory, enteric, or vaccine-preventable disease categories.

"What's Going Around" bulletin: still discontinued. Most recent issue covered Sept. 7–20, 2025 (published Sept. 20, 2025). No new issue has appeared.

Main dashboard updates roughly the second Wednesday of each month.

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