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LDH: August 7th Louisiana COVID-19 UPDATE
The Louisiana Department of Health has issued its daily update for Friday, August 7th.
There have been 128,746 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Louisiana. That's 1,500 more reported cases since yesterday.
Numbers show that there are 1,406 reported COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized. That's down 51 since yesterday.
207 patients are on ventilators across the state. That is 8 fewer than yesterday
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 4,089. That is 61 more reported deaths since yesterday.
As of today, 89,083 COVID-19 patients are presumed to have recovered. That's 14,837 presumed recovered patients since the last report released last week.
The total number of coronavirus cases that have been in the Acadiana region is 20,668 with 448 total deaths reported.
Lafayette Parish: 7,468 total cases, 91 total deaths
(Up 44 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)
Iberia Parish: 2,450 total cases, 70 total deaths
(Up 14 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)
St. Martin Parish: 1,616 total cases, 43 total deaths
(Up 7 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)
St. Mary Parish: 1,543 total cases, 52 total deaths
(Up 16 reported cases since yesterday; Up 1 reported death since yesterday)
St. Landry Parish: 2,631 total cases, 85 total deaths
(Up 48 reported cases since yesterday; Up 2 reported deaths since yesterday)
Acadia Parish: 2,570 total cases, 79 total deaths
(Up 15 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)
Evangeline Parish: 861 total cases, 4 total deaths
(Up 26 reported cases since yesterday; Up 1 reported death since yesterday)
Vermilion Parish: 1,529 total cases, 24 total deaths
(Up 16 reported cases since yesterday; Up 2 reported deaths since yesterday)
The numbers are updated and released every day except Saturdays at noon.
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