The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has updated its website to reflect the latest number of COVID-19 positives and will continue to update its website at noon each day.
Today, LDH reports 1,188 new cases. Of those, 682 or 62percent are from 23 labs that are reporting cases electronically to LDH for the first time, with cases stretching as far back as March 25. These labs previously had not reported and are now reporting all their historical lab results electronically.
This means 506 of the 1,188 newly reported cases come from the rest of the regular reporting across the state.
While all 1,188 cases are added to LDH’s total today, historical cases are reallocated back to their respective dates and shared in the “date of onset of symptoms” visualization on the dashboard.
The percent positivity—the percentage of total tests that return positive—on all lab results is 6.1%.
“While this is the biggest single increase in cases we have seen since April 9, it is important to understand the context,” said Dr. Alex Billioux, the assistant secretary of the Office of Public Health. “Not only are there cases here dating back to late March, but we also have increased testing.
That only 6.1% of all these test results are positive is a good sign. Our goal is to keep that number below 10%, the goal set by the federal government.”
“We believe we are beginning to see the impact of comprehensive testing across congregate settings and workplace outbreaks. This is what suppression of COVID-19 looks like—and it is critical to moving our state forward,” Dr. Billioux said.
LDH officials say they expect to see higher case counts in the coming days while ramping up testing continues.
Reported cases total 36,504 statewide with 26,249 presumed recovered and of the total number 808 are in hospitals with 107 of those on ventilators. Total tests performed is 305,381. Confirmed deaths reported are 2,506 and unconfirmed presumed deaths from COVID-19 are 123.
Here is the breakdown of positive cases by parish:
Jefferson – 7,175 case(s) | 432 death(s) | 926 state tests | 38,796 commercial tests
Orleans – 6,904 case(s) | 500 death(s) | 1,789 state tests | 37,542 commercial tests
East Baton Rouge – 3,319 case(s) | 225 death(s) | 1,249 state tests | 18,634 commercial tests
Caddo – 2,272 case(s) | 156 death(s) | 127 state tests | 26,748 commercial tests
St. Tammany – 1,599 case(s) | 154 death(s) | 543 state tests | 15,014 commercial tests
Ouachita – 1,032 case(s) | 34 death(s) | 330 state tests | 9,183 commercial tests
St. John the Baptist – 838 case(s) | 77 death(s) | 414 state tests | 4,122 commercial tests
Ascension – 782 case(s) | 52 death(s) | 70 state tests | 6,330 commercial tests
Tangipahoa – 767 case(s) | 31 death(s) | 177 state tests | 5,816 commercial tests
Lafourche – 763 case(s) | 64 death(s) | 557 state tests | 5,690 commercial tests
Lafayette – 631 case(s) | 23 death(s) | 427 state tests | 13,564 commercial tests
St. Charles – 618 case(s) | 43 death(s) | 158 state tests | 4,690 commercial tests
Terrebonne – 614 case(s) | 45 death(s) | 376 state tests | 5,338 commercial tests
Rapides – 591 case(s) | 16 death(s) | 682 state tests | 4,353 commercial tests
Calcasieu – 548 case(s) | 42 death(s) | 211 state tests | 9,320 commercial tests
Iberville – 540 case(s) | 39 death(s) | 454 state tests | 1,870 commercial tests
St. Bernard – 521 case(s) | 21 death(s) | 42 state tests | 3,197 commercial tests
Iberia – 384 case(s) | 35 death(s) | 221 state tests | 3,663 commercial tests
Washington – 383 case(s) | 36 death(s) | 408 state tests | 2,560 commercial tests
Bossier – 374 case(s) | 24 death(s) | 46 state tests | 9,789 commercial tests
Livingston – 363 case(s) | 26 death(s) | 58 state tests | 4,813 commercial tests
St. James – 289 case(s) | 24 death(s) | 217 state tests | 2,623 commercial tests
St. Mary – 288 case(s) | 29 death(s) | 261 state tests | 2,257 commercial tests
Franklin – 287 case(s) | 9 death(s) | 239 state tests | 1,488 commercial tests
St. Martin – 287 case(s) | 22 death(s) | 45 state tests | 2,756 commercial tests
Union – 287 case(s) | 16 death(s) | 51 state tests | 1,792 commercial tests
Acadia – 269 case(s) | 15 death(s) | 182 state tests | 3,112 commercial tests
St. Landry – 244 case(s) | 52 death(s) | 299 state tests | 3,950 commercial tests
Assumption – 238 case(s) | 11 death(s) | 156 state tests | 1,586 commercial tests
De Soto – 235 case(s) | 16 death(s) | 20 state tests | 2,320 commercial tests
Plaquemines – 197 case(s) | 16 death(s) | 10 state tests | 1,479 commercial tests
West Feliciana – 193 case(s) | 8 death(s) | 366 state tests | 130 commercial tests
East Feliciana – 183 case(s) | 27 death(s) | 457 state tests | 768 commercial tests
Pointe Coupee – 181 case(s) | 22 death(s) | 175 state tests | 1,101 commercial tests
Allen – 172 case(s) | 10 death(s) | 43 state tests | 1,282 commercial tests
West Baton Rouge – 152 case(s) | 30 death(s) | 28 state tests | 1,218 commercial tests
Natchitoches – 141 case(s) | 13 death(s) | 69 state tests | 1,563 commercial tests
Lincoln – 130 case(s) | 14 death(s) | 115 state tests | 1,586 commercial tests
Webster – 126 case(s) | 5 death(s) | 13 state tests | 2,636 commercial tests
Bienville – 114 case(s) | 21 death(s) | 20 state tests | 1,154 commercial tests
Richland – 113 case(s) | 2 death(s) | 31 state tests | 1,624 commercial tests
Catahoula – 112 case(s) | 3 death(s) | 14 state tests | 517 commercial tests
Morehouse – 108 case(s) | 5 death(s) | 40 state tests | 1,528 commercial tests
Winn – 100 case(s) | 2 death(s) | 102 state tests | 640 commercial tests
Avoyelles – 99 case(s) | 9 death(s) | 88 state tests | 1,399 commercial tests
Evangeline – 83 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 217 state tests | 1,090 commercial tests
Jackson – 80 case(s) | 10 death(s) | 66 state tests | 645 commercial tests
Parish Under Investigation – 78 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 0 state tests | 0 commercial tests
Jefferson Davis – 72 case(s) | 6 death(s) | 407 state tests | 1,051 commercial tests
Concordia – 68 case(s) | 5 death(s) | 6 state tests | 584 commercial tests
Claiborne – 58 case(s) | 10 death(s) | 36 state tests | 752 commercial tests
Beauregard – 54 case(s) | 4 death(s) | 17 state tests | 1,152 commercial tests
Caldwell – 51 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 118 state tests | 535 commercial tests
East Carroll – 51 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 5 state tests | 552 commercial tests
Vermilion – 50 case(s) | 3 death(s) | 38 state tests | 2,186 commercial tests
La Salle – 45 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 32 state tests | 657 commercial tests
Red River – 44 case(s) | 6 death(s) | 16 state tests | 410 commercial tests
Madison – 43 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 11 state tests | 344 commercial tests
St. Helena – 43 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 31 state tests | 217 commercial tests
Sabine – 39 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 30 state tests | 852 commercial tests
Grant – 26 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 23 state tests | 500 commercial tests
Vernon – 22 case(s) | 2 death(s) | 9 state tests | 1,150 commercial tests
West Carroll – 21 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 25 state tests | 548 commercial tests
Tensas – 10 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 2 state tests | 185 commercial tests
Cameron – 3 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 1 state tests | 114 commercial tests
Nationwide, positive cases total 1.59 million with 303,000 recovered and 94,276 deaths. According to the COVID tracking project 12.65 million Americans have been tested.
Globally there are 5.01 million positive cases with 1.91 million recovered and 328,000 deaths.
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