The Louisiana Department of Health has issued its daily update for Tuesday, August 18th.

There have been 139,125 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Louisiana. That's 690 more reported cases since yesterday.

Numbers show that there are 1,204 reported COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized. That's 22 fewer hospitalizations since yesterday.

187 patients are on ventilators across the state. That is 3 more than yesterday.

The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 4,431. That is 28 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 22,459 with 531 total deaths reported.

Lafayette Parish: 8,005 total cases, 102 total deaths

(Up 29 reported cases since yesterday; Up 1 reported death since yesterday)

Iberia Parish: 2,632 total cases, 79 total deaths

(Up 5 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)

St. Martin Parish: 1,795 total cases, 49 total deaths

(Up 5 reported cases since yesterday; Up 1 reported death since yesterday)

St. Mary Parish: 1,689 total cases, 62 total deaths

(Up 4 reported cases since yesterday; Up 1 reported death since yesterday)

St. Landry Parish: 2,925 total cases, 98 total deaths

(Up 17 reported cases since yesterday; Up 2 reported deaths since yesterday)

Acadia Parish: 2,708 total cases, 91 total deaths

(Up 7 reported cases since yesterday; Up 1 reported death since yesterday)

Evangeline Parish: 968 total cases, 17 total deaths

(Up 2 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported death since yesterday)

Vermilion Parish: 1,737 total cases, 31 total deaths

(Up 2 reported cases since yesterday; Up 1 reported death since yesterday)

The numbers are updated and released every day except Saturdays at noon.

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