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January 14, 2021
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January 14, 2021
Today, the Louisiana Department of Health is reporting the total number of cases has risen to 361,148. That’s 5,318 more cases since yesterday. 320,462 are confirmed; 40,686 are probable.
The state is reporting 58 new deaths, bringing the total to 8,080 deaths. 7,631 are confirmed; 449 are probable.
A backlog is included in today’s case and test count resulting from a newly on-boarded lab. This backlog includes 916 cases and 4,963 total tests. The cases date as far back as 11/9/20.
The total of presumed recovered as of 1/11/21 is 298,614, which is 18,241 more than last week.
Lafourche Parish is reporting, 7,236 cases. There are 5,866 confirmed and 1,370 probable. That’s 74 new cases since yesterday. They are reporting 167 deaths; 159 are confirmed and 8 are probable. Percent positivity for the week of Dec. 31-Jan. 6 is 11.80%, up 9.26% from the week prior, which was 10.80%. Incidence is 540.18.
Terrebonne Parish is reporting 7,441 cases. There are 6,278 confirmed and 1,163 probable. That’s 99 more cases since yesterday. They are reporting 161 deaths; 152 are confirmed and 9 are probable. Percent positivity for the week of Dec. 31-Jan. 6 is 14.30%, down 10.63% from the week prior, which was 16.00%. Incidence is 528.73.
Statewide, there are 1,975 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, 245 are on ventilators. That’s 54 less patients since yesterday, and 10 more on ventilators.
The total of tests reported today is 4,805,202, which is 48,118 more tests than yesterday. There are 4,523,263 molecular tests and 281,939 antigen tests.
There have been a total of 87,153 tests in Lafourche (78,940 molecular and 8,213 antigen) and 85,582 tests in Terrebonne (79,587 molecular and 5,995 antigen). That’s 623 more tests in Lafourche and 1,300 more in Terrebonne since yesterday.
