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Ochsner Health shared its latest COVID-19 numbers on Wednesday.
The health care provider said it now has 1,063 hospitalized COVID-19 patients hospitalized across its system, and on July 1, it had 62. Ochsner said 946 of these patients are unvaccinated (88.99%).
Of the current 14 pediatric patients hospitalized, one is under the age of 1, Ochsner said.
As of Aug. 10, there are 112 hospitalized COVID patients at Ochsner’s Bayou Region facilities.
More data from Ochsner Health:
Latest COVID-19 Numbers from Ochsner Health
- We now have 1,063 hospitalized COVID-19 patients hospitalized across our system
- On August 1, we had 787
- On July 1, we had 62
- 946 of these patients are unvaccinated (88.99%)
- We currently have 14 pediatric patients hospitalized; one patient is under the age of 1.
| 8/10/2021 | 8/9/2021 | 8/8/2021 | 8/7/2021 | 8/6/2021 | 8/3/2021 | |
| Baton Rouge | 81 | 82 | 79 | 81 | 83 | 77 |
| Bayou | 112 | 117 | 105 | 112 | 101 | 83 |
| Greater New Orleans | 385 | 395 | 366 | 372 | 359 | 299 |
| Lafayette | 146 | 146 | 144 | 140 | 131 | 131 |
| North Louisiana | 106 | 104 | 100 | 90 | 79 | 52 |
| Northshore/Hancock Miss. | 233 | 230 | 214 | 208 | 194 | 179 |
| TOTAL | 1063 | 1074 | 1008 | 1003 | 947 | 821 |
Avg. Age of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (August 2021)
- Adult: 55.4 years (Compared to 54.3 years in July 2021; in January 2021, the average was 65.2 years, so we’ve seen a drop of almost 10 years)
- Pediatric: 5.5 years (Compared to 12 years in July 2021; in January 2021, the average was 1.5, so the age range for peds cases has been up and down)
COVID-19 Test Volumes and Percent Positivity
- For the week beginning August 8, Ochsner has administered 15,884 COVID-19 tests
- 19.6% of those were positive
- 3,096 of these tests were for patients ages 0-19
- This patient population has a 23.4% positivity rate
Please keep in mind that the Bayou numbers include Terrebonne General.
Below are the three Ochsner hospitals separated out.
Chabert
COVID Positive Total: 21
Percent unvaccinated: 81 % (only 4 were vaccinated)
St. Mary
COVID Positive Total: 19
Percent unvaccinated: 95 % (only 1 was vaccinated)
St. Anne
COVID Positive Total: 13
Percent unvaccinated: 85 % (only 2 were vaccinated)
