LDH: September 6th Louisiana COVID-19 UPDATE

The Louisiana Department of Health has issued its daily update for Sunday, September 6th.

There have been 152,868 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Louisiana. That's 1,387 more reported cases since yesterday.

Numbers show that there are 790 reported COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized. That is 18 fewer reported hospitalizations since yesterday.

119 patients are on ventilators across the state. That is 23 more patients on ventilators than yesterday.

LDH reports the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 4,930. That is 58 more reported deaths since yesterday.

134,432 COVID-19 patients are presumed to have recovered, as of August 31st. That's 6,514 more recovered cases than the week before.

Lafayette Parish: 8,447 total cases, 115 total deaths

(Up 45 reported cases since Friday, Up 2 reported deaths since Friday)

Iberia Parish: 2,759 total cases, 87 total deaths

(Up 7 reported cases since Friday, Up 0 reported deaths since Friday)

St. Martin Parish: 1,999 total cases, 58 total deaths

(Up 3 reported cases since Friday, Up 1 reported death since Friday)

St. Mary Parish: 1,788 total cases, 72 total deaths

(Up 10 reported case since Friday, Up 0 reported deaths since Friday)

St. Landry Parish: 3,161 total cases, 116 total deaths

(Up 20 reported cases since Friday, Up 1 reported death since Friday)

Acadia Parish: 2,844 total cases, 94 total deaths

(Up 16 reported cases since Friday, Up 0 reported deaths since Friday)

Evangeline Parish: 1,203 total cases, 28 total deaths

(Up 49 reported cases since Friday, Up 1 reported death since Friday)

Vermilion Parish: 1,915 total cases, 50 total deaths

(Up 14 reported cases since Friday, Up 2 reported death since Friday)

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