COVID-19 cases in Louisiana as of noon on Friday, July 24, according  to  the Louisiana Department of Health  website.

Louisiana Population:  4,648,794

Positive rate based on state population: 2.23 percent

Total Tested: 1,199,726

Tested Negative:1,053,547

Negative Rate: 91.36  percent

Tested  Positive: 103,723

Positive Rate: 8.64 percent

Deaths Reported: 3,603

Death Rate: 3.47 percent

Recovery Rate: 96.53 rate

**COVID-19  Positive Patients in Hospitals: 1,600

Rate of COVID-19 Positive Patients in Hospitals: 1.54 percent

COVID-19 Positive patients on ventilator: 197

Rate of COVID-19 Positive patients on ventilators: 12.31 percent

**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 in the hospital for another reason and later tested positive.

COVID-19 Cases by AGE:

70 and Up: 12,408

60 to 69: 11, 853

50 to 59: 15,187

40 to 49: 15,688

30 to 39: 17,094

18 to 29: 22,925

Under 18: 8,404

Age unknown: 154

COVID-19  Deaths by Age and Rate:

70 and up: 2,436  or 67.61 percent

60 to 69: 638 or 17.70 percent

50 to 59: 318  or 8.82 percent

40 to 49: 128  or 3.55 percent

30 to 39: 65 or 1.80 percent

18 to 29: 14 or .39 percent

Under 18: 4  or .11 percent

Natchitoches Parish Population: 38,158

Positive rate based on parish population: 1.53 percent

Total tested: 7,330

Tested Negative: 6,744

Negative Rate: 92.00 percent

Tested Positive: 586

Positive Rate:  8 percent

Deaths: 15

Death rate: 2.55 percent

Recovery rate: 97.45 percent

Sabine Parish Population: 24,032

Positive rate based on parish population: 1.79 percent

Total Tested: 5,565

Tested Negative: 5,133

Negative Rate:  92.24 percent

Tested Positive: 432

Positive Rate: 7.76  percent

Deaths: 4

Death Rate: .92  percent

Recovery Rate:  99.08 percent

Vernon Parish Population: 47,429

Positive rate based on parish population: 1.15 percent

Total tested :7,542

Tested Negative: 6,996

Negative Rate: 92.79  percent

Tested Positive: 544

Positive Rate: 7.21 percent

Deaths: 18

Death Rate: 3.30  percent

Recovery Rate: 96.7 percent

United States Population: 331,002,651

Positive rate based on U.S. population: 1.244  percent

Total Tested in U.S.: 50,000,000

Tested Negative: 45,880,000

Negative Rate: 91.76 percent

Tested  Positive: 4,120,000

Positive Rate.:  8.24 percent

Deaths Reported: 147,000

Death rate: 3.57 percent

Recovery rate: 96.43 rate

Worldwide  Population: 7,800,000,000

Worldwide Positive Cases: 15,500,000

Positive  rate based  on worldwide population: .1998 percent