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
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