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LDH: August 27th Louisiana COVID-19 UPDATE
The Louisiana Department of Health has issued its daily update for Thursday, August 27th.
There have been 145,637 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Louisiana. That's 723 more reported cases since yesterday.
Numbers show that there are 876 reported COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized.
145 patients are on ventilators across the state.
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 4,711. That is 23 more reported deaths since yesterday.
As of today, 127,918 COVID-19 patients are presumed to have recovered, as of August 24th. That's 9,798 more recovered cases than the week before.
Lafayette Parish: 8,205 total cases, 110 total deaths
Iberia Parish: 2,695 total cases, 86 total deaths
St. Martin Parish: 1,922 total cases, 55 total deaths
St. Mary Parish: 1,746 total cases, 68 total deaths
St. Landry Parish: 3,026 total cases, 110 total deaths
Acadia Parish: 2,781 total cases, 93 total deaths
Evangeline Parish: 1,034 total cases, 24 total deaths
Vermilion Parish: 1,853 total cases, 41 total deaths
The numbers are updated and released every day except Saturdays at noon.
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