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Today, the Louisiana Department of Health is reporting the total number of cases has risen to 279,321. That’s 3,851 more cases since yesterday. 257,483 are confirmed; 21,838 are probable.
The state is reporting 31 new deaths, bringing the total to 6,964 deaths. 6,637 are confirmed; 327 are probable.
The total of presumed recovered as of 12/14/20 is 232,725, which is 14,795 more than last week.
Lafourche Parish is reporting 5,587 cases. There are 4,948 confirmed and 639 probable. That’s 48 new cases since yesterday. They are reporting 158 deaths; 151 are confirmed and 7 are probable. Percent positivity for the week of Dec. 3-Dec. 9 is 10.0.0%, up 16.3% from the week prior, which was 8.60%.
Terrebonne Parish is reporting 5,299 cases. There are 4,872 confirmed and 427 probable. That’s 70 more cases since yesterday. They are reporting 143 deaths; 137 are confirmed and 6 are probable. Percent positivity for the week of Dec. 3-Dec. 9 is 7.90%, up 8.20% from the week prior, which was 7.40%. Total recovered is 3,764 as of 11/25/20.
Statewide, there are 1,602 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, 169 are on ventilators. That’s 18 more patients since yesterday, and 2 more on ventilators.
The total of tests reported today is 4,042,993, which is 37,152 more tests than yesterday. There are 3,874,986 molecular tests and 168,007 antigen tests.
There have been a total of 73,124 tests in Lafourche (68,772 molecular and 4,352 antigen) and 70,501 tests in Terrebonne (67,610 molecular and 2,891 antigen). That’s 646 more tests in Lafourche and 645 more in Terrebonne since yesterday.
