Monday reports see less than 1,000 new cases statewide

COVID vaccine to be provided to 298 vaccine providers in all 64 parishes this week
January 18, 2021
Verna Buquet
January 18, 2021
COVID vaccine to be provided to 298 vaccine providers in all 64 parishes this week
January 18, 2021
Verna Buquet
January 18, 2021

Today, the Louisiana Department of Health is reporting the total number of cases has risen to 369,951. That’s 961 more cases since yesterday. 327,054 are confirmed; 42,897 are probable.

 

The state is reporting 50 new deaths, bringing the total to 8,253 deaths. 7,784 are confirmed; 469 are probable.

 

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, 7,416 cases. There are 6,008 confirmed and 1,408 probable. That’s 38 new cases since yesterday. They are reporting 170 deaths; 161 are confirmed and 9 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 7,616 cases. There are 6,427 confirmed and 1,189 probable. That’s 30 more cases since yesterday. They are reporting 163 deaths; 154 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 1,894 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, 239 are on ventilators. That’s 36 less patients since yesterday, and 2 more on ventilators.


 

The total of tests reported today is 4,903,280, which is 10,465 more tests than yesterday. There are 4,605,600 molecular tests and 297,680 antigen tests.

 

There have been a total of 89,143 tests in Lafourche (80,610 molecular and 8,533 antigen) and 87,351 tests in Terrebonne (81,147 molecular and 6,204 antigen). That’s 244 more tests in Lafourche and 274 more in Terrebonne since yesterday.