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LDH: August 17th Louisiana COVID-19 UPDATE
The Louisiana Department of Health has issued its daily update for Monday, August 17th.
There have been 138,435 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Louisiana. That's 517 more reported cases since yesterday.
Numbers show that there are 1,226 reported COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized. That's 30 more hospitalizations since yesterday.
184 patients are on ventilators across the state. That is 5 fewer yesterday.
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 4,403. That is 19 more reported deaths since yesterday.
As of today, 103,512 COVID-19 patients are presumed to have recovered, as of August 3rd. That's 14,429 presumed recovered patients since the last report released.
The total number of coronavirus cases that have been in the Acadiana region is 22,388 with 524 total deaths reported.
Lafayette Parish: 7,976 total cases, 101 total deaths
(Up 29 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)
Iberia Parish: 2,627 total cases, 79 total deaths
(Up 11 reported cases since yesterday; Up 1 reported death since yesterday)
St. Martin Parish: 1,790 total cases, 48 total deaths
(Up 7 reported cases since yesterday; Up 1 reported death since yesterday)
St. Mary Parish: 1,685 total cases, 61 total deaths
(Up 8 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported death since yesterday)
St. Landry Parish: 2,908 total cases, 96 total deaths
(Up 13 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported death since yesterday)
Acadia Parish: 2,701 total cases, 90 total deaths
(Up 5 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)
Evangeline Parish: 966 total cases, 17 total deaths
(Down 1 reported case since yesterday; Up 4 reported deaths since yesterday)
Vermilion Parish: 1,735 total cases, 30 total deaths
(Up 11 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported death since yesterday)
The numbers are updated and released every day except Saturdays at noon.
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