Courtney Andre’ Bienvenu Billiot
December 29, 2021
Celeste Dugan
December 29, 2021
Since yesterday, 9,378 new Covid-19 cases have been reported to the state. That’s out of 45,797 tests. 659 people are hospitalized, the majority of those are not fully vaccinated.
This update includes new cases among all age groups, with the largest shares among those ages 18-29 (24%) and ages 30-39 (20%).
This update includes new cases across all regions of the state, with 22% coming from Region 1 (Greater New Orleans), 15% coming from Region 2 (Baton Rouge) and 14% coming from Region 7 (Northwest).
Of these new cases reported to us since 12/28, 98.8% are tied to community spread rather than congregate settings.
Tragically, we report 6 additional Covid-19 deaths reported to the state since 12/28.
Since 12/16, COVID-19 hospitalizations have more than tripled.
Terrebonne Parish is reporting 247 new cases since yesterday. The percent positivity has gone up to 9.30% from 4.60%.
Lafourche Parish is reporting percent positivity has gone up to 8.50% from 5.30%.
