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Today, the Louisiana Department of Health is reporting the total number of cases has risen to 272,276. That’s 2,617 more cases since yesterday. 252,459 are confirmed; 19,817 are probable.
The state is reporting 50 new deaths, bringing the total to 6,895 deaths. 6,577 are confirmed; 318 are probable.
The total of presumed recovered as of 12/7/20 is 217,930, which is 15,039 more than last week.
Lafourche Parish is reporting 5,510 cases. There are 4,891confirmed and 619 probable. That’s 71 new cases since yesterday. They are reporting 153 deaths; 147 are confirmed and 6 are probable. Percent positivity for the week of Nov. 26-Dec. 2 is 8.60%, up 7.50% from the week prior, which was 8.00%.
Terrebonne Parish is reporting 5,168 cases. There are 4,779 confirmed and 389 probable. That’s 17 more cases since yesterday. They are reporting 143 deaths; 137 are confirmed and 6 are probable. Percent positivity for the week of Nov. 26-Dec. 2 is 7.40%, down 5.10% from the week prior, which was 7.80%. Total recovered is 3,764 as of 11/25/20.
Statewide, there are 1,597 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, 152 are on ventilators. That’s 70 more patients since yesterday, and 5 more on ventilators.
The total of tests reported today is 3,974,519, which is 36,719 more tests than yesterday. There are 3,818,432 molecular tests and 156,087 antigen tests.
There have been a total of 72,148 tests in Lafourche (67,940 molecular and 4,208 antigen) and 69,315 tests in Terrebonne (66,616 molecular and 2,699 antigen). That’s 663 more tests in Lafourche and 384 more in Terrebonne since yesterday.
