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Today, the Louisiana Department of Health is reporting the total number of cases has risen to 40,746. That’s 405 new cases since yesterday’s report.
The state is reporting 34 new deaths, bringing the total to 2,724 deaths.
The state is reporting 111 probable deaths as of 5/30. (Probable deaths are updated on Mondays.)
The total of presumed recovered as of 5/30 is 31,728. That’s 3,028 new presumed recovered from last week’s total. (Presumed recovered counts are updated on Mondays.)
Lafourche Parish is reporting 867 cases, 40 more than yesterday. They are reporting no new deaths, keeping the total at 72.
Terrebonne Parish is reporting 692 cases, 6 more than yesterday. The state is reporting 54 deaths, 3 more than yesterday. (TOHSEP is reporting 53.)
Statewide, there are 639 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, 83 are on ventilators. That’s 22 fewer patients than yesterday, and 3 fewer patients on vents.
The state lab is reporting 21,932 tests** have been completed by their lab and 371,201 commercial tests** have been performed. This brings the total of tests to 393,133, which is 5,763 more tests than yesterday’s report.
Locally, Lafourche is reporting 789 state tests, same as yesterday; and 7,431 commercial tests, 207 more than yesterday.
Terrebonne is reporting 695 state tests, same as yesterday; and 7,307 commercial tests, 190 more than yesterday.
**Tests reported here include those completed by the LDH Office of Public Health Laboratory and those performed by commercial labs and reported to the state. Tests are assigned to parish based on the residence of the individual being tested when possible. Some negative test results from commercial labs may not have been reported to the state. Some of the commercial test results reported to the state are from out of state.
