COVID-19 cases in Louisiana as of Monday, July 20, according  to  the Louisiana Department of Health  website. LDH officials also note the July 20 update includes a backlog of 1,583 cases with specimen collection dates of  May 15 to July 13.

Total Tested: 1,102,924

Tested Negative:1,008,032

Negative Rate: 91.4 percent

Tested  Positive: 94,892

Positive Rate: 8.6 percent

Deaths Reported: 3,462

Death Rate: 3.65 percent

Recovery Rate: 96.35 rate

**COVID-19  Positive Patients in Hospitals: 1,508

Rate of COVID-19 Positive Patients in Hospitals: 1.59 percent

COVID-19 Positive patients on ventilator: 192

**Please note a COVID-Positive patient does not necessarily indicate the patient went into the hospital due to COVID-19 complications. It could be that the patient was already in the hospital for another reason and later tested positive.

COVID-19 Cases by AGE:

70 and Up; 11,445

60 to 69: 10,891

50 to 59: 13,971

40 to 49: 14,326

30 to 39: 15,593

18 to 29: 20,995

Under 18: 7,501

Age unknown: 170

COVID-19  Deaths by Age and Rate:

70 and up: 2,341 or 67.62 percent

60 to 69: 611 or 17.65 percent

50 to 59: 306  or 8.84 percent

40 to 49: 125  or 3.61 percent

30 to 39: 63 or 1.82 percent

18 to 29: 12 or .35 percent

Under 18: 4  or .11 percent

Natchitoches Parish

Total tested: 6,460

Tested Negative: 5,969

Negative Rate: 92.4 percent

Tested Positive: 491

Positive Rate:  7.6 percent

Deaths: 14

Death rate: 2.85 percent

Recovery rate: 97.15 percent

Sabine Parish

Total Tested: 5,173

Tested Negative: 4,792

Negative Rate: 92.7 percent

Tested Positive: 379

Positive Rate: 7.3 percent

Deaths: 14

Death Rate: 3.7 percent

Recovery Rate:  96.3 percent

Vernon Parish

Toral tested:6,758

Tested Negative: 6,329

Negative Rate: 93.65 percent

Tested Positive: 429

Positive Rate: 6.35 percent

Deaths: 54

Death Rate: 12.59

Recovery Rate 87.41 percent