--- Last updated at 11:59 pm August 11, 2020 ---
The Overall Updates in Louisiana:
Louisiana - the total number of infected individuals is 133125, as yesterday had 1164 more confirmed cases based on media reports and official stats. The pandemic has claimed the lives of 4313 people statewide, after 26 patients passed away yesterday; while 89083 patients are recovered. The current count of cases in the United States is 5,252,336, citing different sources; with 5,252,327 cases officially confirmed.
News Worth Following:
- Gov. Edwards to hold COVID-19 briefing on Aug. 11: BATON ROUGE, La. (KSLA) - Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards is holding a coronavirus briefing on Aug. 11. You can watch the briefing live here at 2:30 p.m. today. As of August 10, there are just under 1,400 COVID-19 patients in Louisiana hospitals. A total of 215 of those patients are on ventilators.
- Section of 7th grade Metairie Catholic School quarantined after person tests positive for COVID-19: METAIRIE, La. (WDSU) - A section of the seventh grade at a Metairie Catholic School is in quarantine after a person tested positive for COVID-19. The Archdiocese of New Orleans confirmed that families of St. Ann Catholic School were notified Sunday of the positive coronavirus diagnosis. According to the Archdiocese...
- 34,000 catholic school students head back to class amid COVID-19 pandemic: METAIRIE, La. - Tens of thousands of catholic school students are heading back to class this week and next. That comes as other school districts are delaying start dates. Around 34,000 kids attend catholic school in eight area parishes around metro New Orleans. The archdiocese says it's the right time...
New Cases Breakdown:
*Based on Media Reports*
- Jefferson Parish: 102 new cases, 15452 in total
- East Baton Rouge Parish: 133 new cases, 12377 in total, 4 new deaths
- Orleans Parish: 37 new cases, 10805 in total
- Lafayette Parish: 80 new cases, 7723 in total
- Calcasieu Parish: 47 new cases, 6862 in total
- Caddo Parish: 51 new cases, 6739 in total, 1 new death
- St_ Tammany Parish: 57 new cases, 5323 in total, 1 new death
- Ouachita Parish: 27 new cases, 4923 in total, 1 new death
- Tangipahoa Parish: 42 new cases, 3540 in total, 1 new death
- Rapides Parish: 23 new cases, 3327 in total
- Terrebonne Parish: 15 new cases, 3072 in total
- Livingston Parish: 37 new cases, 2975 in total, 1 new death
- Ascension Parish: 40 new cases, 2930 in total, 3 new deaths
- Lafourche Parish: 24 new cases, 2863 in total
- St_ Landry Parish: 43 new cases, 2778 in total, 1 new death
- Acadia Parish: 33 new cases, 2634 in total
- Iberia Parish: 22 new cases, 2561 in total, 1 new death
- Bossier Parish: 35 new cases, 2374 in total, 1 new death
- St_ Martin Parish: 20 new cases, 1734 in total
- St_ Mary Parish: 20 new cases, 1631 in total
- Vermilion Parish: 27 new cases, 1611 in total, 1 new death
- St_ Charles Parish: 8 new cases, 1492 in total
- St_ John the Baptist Parish: 4 new cases, 1434 in total
- Washington Parish: 12 new cases, 1293 in total
- Allen Parish: 6 new cases, 1284 in total
- Iberville Parish: 9 new cases, 1259 in total, 1 new death
- St_ Bernard Parish: 4 new cases, 1113 in total
- Avoyelles Parish: 26 new cases, 1096 in total
- Jefferson Davis Parish: 5 new cases, 1033 in total
- Franklin Parish: 2 new cases, 940 in total, 1 new death
- Evangeline Parish: 13 new cases, 908 in total
- Webster Parish: 4 new cases, 898 in total
- Beauregard Parish: 2 new cases, 837 in total, 1 new death
- Pointe Coupee Parish: 16 new cases, 810 in total
- Lincoln Parish: 1 new case, 806 in total
- Natchitoches Parish: 17 new cases, 791 in total
- Vernon Parish: 2 new cases, 772 in total, 1 new death
- De Soto Parish: 16 new cases, 743 in total
- West Baton Rouge Parish: 5 new cases, 727 in total
- St_ James Parish: 3 new cases, 722 in total
- Union Parish: 3 new cases, 711 in total, 2 new deaths
- Sabine Parish: 11 new cases, 658 in total, 1 new death
- Madison Parish: 5 new cases, 618 in total
- Richland Parish: 2 new cases, 604 in total
- East Feliciana Parish: 12 new cases, 603 in total, 2 new deaths
- Assumption Parish: 3 new cases, 591 in total
- Morehouse Parish: 5 new cases, 536 in total
- East Carroll Parish: 1 new case, 521 in total
- Plaquemines Parish: 1 new case, 461 in total
- Winn Parish: 1 new case, 426 in total
- Bienville Parish: 4 new cases, 386 in total
- Jackson Parish: 2 new cases, 378 in total
- West Feliciana Parish: 7 new cases, 355 in total, 1 new death
- Concordia Parish: 3 new cases, 337 in total
- La Salle Parish: 3 new cases, 308 in total
- Grant Parish: 1 new case, 307 in total
- West Carroll Parish: 2 new cases, 296 in total
- Catahoula Parish: 1 new case, 296 in total
- Claiborne Parish: 5 new cases, 282 in total
- St_ Helena Parish: 8 new cases, 275 in total
- Red River Parish: 7 new cases, 244 in total
- Caldwell Parish: 3 new cases, 224 in total
- Cameron Parish: 1 new case, 170 in total
- Tensas Parish: 2 new cases, 91 in total
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- Department of Health: Call 211, or text LACOVID to 898-211
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--- Last updated at 11:59 pm August 10, 2020 ---
The Overall Updates in Louisiana:
Louisiana - based on media reports, total cases have risen to 131961 (all officially confirmed), after 562 new patients were identified yesterday. The total number of deaths has reached 4287, after 24 patients passed away yesterday; while 89083 patients are recovered. The number of known coronavirus cases in the United States continues to rise. As of Monday evening, 5,206,125 people have tested positive for coronavirus (5,205,994 of them being officially confirmed).
News Worth Following:
- LDH: Child daycares among highest number of COVID-19 outbreaks in the state: BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - The Louisiana Department of Health is keeping an eye on COVID-19 outbreaks in the state. Food processing, bars, industrial settings, casinos and restaurants top the list of places with the most COVID-19 cases. In terms of outbreaks, most of the above listed places have had...
- Woman's Hospital shares results from COVID-19 pregnancy research study: BATON ROUGE, La. - In May, Woman's Hospital launched a survey for pregnant women to better understand the health and experiences of being pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, more than 500 women have completed this survey across 340 different ZIP codes.Of the early survey participants:. The average gestational...
- 7th grade students quarantined after positive coronavirus case at St. Ann School in Metairie: Just days into the start of in-person classes, two New Orleans-area schools have already received notifications of positive coronavirus cases. A section of seventh-grade students at St. Ann Catholic School in Metairie was asked to quarantine after an unidentified person tested positive for COVID-19, Archdiocese of New Orleans spokeswoman Sarah McDonald confirmed on Monday.
New Cases Breakdown:
*Based on Media Reports*
- Jefferson Parish: 71 new cases, 15350 in total
- East Baton Rouge Parish: 57 new cases, 12244 in total, 3 new deaths
- Orleans Parish: 33 new cases, 10768 in total
- Lafayette Parish: 15 new cases, 7643 in total, 3 new deaths
- Caddo Parish: 20 new cases, 6688 in total
- St_ Tammany Parish: 37 new cases, 5266 in total
- Ouachita Parish: 26 new cases, 4896 in total
- Tangipahoa Parish: 21 new cases, 3498 in total, 2 new deaths
- Rapides Parish: 14 new cases, 3304 in total
- Terrebonne Parish: 22 new cases, 3057 in total
- Livingston Parish: 14 new cases, 2938 in total
- Ascension Parish: 19 new cases, 2890 in total
- Lafourche Parish: 39 new cases, 2839 in total
- St_ Landry Parish: 8 new cases, 2735 in total, 4 new deaths
- Acadia Parish: 3 new cases, 2601 in total, 2 new deaths
- Iberia Parish: 7 new cases, 2539 in total
- Bossier Parish: 6 new cases, 2339 in total
- St_ Martin Parish: 3 new cases, 1714 in total, 1 new death
- St_ Mary Parish: 14 new cases, 1611 in total, 1 new death
- Vermilion Parish: 2 new cases, 1584 in total, 2 new deaths
- St_ Charles Parish: 10 new cases, 1484 in total
- St_ John the Baptist Parish: 6 new cases, 1430 in total
- Washington Parish: 16 new cases, 1281 in total
- Allen Parish: 2 new cases, 1278 in total, 1 new death
- Iberville Parish: 13 new cases, 1250 in total
- St_ Bernard Parish: 6 new cases, 1109 in total
- Jefferson Davis Parish: 4 new cases, 1028 in total
- Franklin Parish: 4 new cases, 938 in total, 1 new death
- Webster Parish: 1 new case, 894 in total
- Beauregard Parish: 2 new cases, 835 in total
- Lincoln Parish: 8 new cases, 805 in total
- Pointe Coupee Parish: 3 new cases, 794 in total
- Natchitoches Parish: 1 new case, 774 in total
- Vernon Parish: 2 new cases, 770 in total
- De Soto Parish: 5 new cases, 727 in total
- West Baton Rouge Parish: 2 new cases, 722 in total
- St_ James Parish: 3 new cases, 719 in total
- Union Parish: 2 new cases, 708 in total
- Sabine Parish: 2 new cases, 647 in total
- Richland Parish: 1 new case, 602 in total, 1 new death
- East Feliciana Parish: 4 new cases, 591 in total
- Assumption Parish: 4 new cases, 588 in total
- Morehouse Parish: 2 new cases, 531 in total, 1 new death
- East Carroll Parish: 1 new case, 520 in total, 1 new death
- Plaquemines Parish: 2 new cases, 460 in total
- Winn Parish: 2 new cases, 425 in total
- Bienville Parish: 1 new case, 382 in total
- West Feliciana Parish: 1 new case, 348 in total
- Concordia Parish: 7 new cases, 334 in total
- Catahoula Parish: 2 new cases, 295 in total
- West Carroll Parish: 1 new case, 294 in total
- Claiborne Parish: 3 new cases, 277 in total
- St_ Helena Parish: 3 new cases, 267 in total
- Caldwell Parish: 3 new cases, 221 in total, 1 new death
- Cameron Parish: 1 new case, 169 in total
- Tensas Parish: 1 new case, 89 in total
--- Last updated at 11:59 pm August 09, 2020 ---
The Overall Updates in Louisiana:
Louisiana - the total number of infected individuals is 131399, as yesterday had 2653 more confirmed cases based on media reports and official stats. The pandemic has claimed the lives of 4263 people statewide, after 56 patients passed away yesterday; while 89083 patients are recovered. The current count of cases in the United States is 5,154,562, citing different sources; with 5,154,443 cases officially confirmed.
News Worth Following:
- Work search requirements for unemployment money resume Sunday in Louisiana: Beginning Sunday, Aug. 9, jobless Louisianans will have to prove they're actively seeking employment in order to receive unemployment benefits. In April, Governor John Bel Edwards suspended these work search rules, which require unemployed people to make contact about a job with at least three businesses each week. The state...
- LDH: 2,700 news cases of COVID-19 over the weekend: BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) -The Louisiana Dept. of Health is reporting more than 131,000 cases of Coronavirus in the state. As of Sunday, Aug. 9, the Louisiana Department of Health reported the following cases for the state:. 131,399 positive cases. 4,145 deaths. 1,383 patients in the hospital. 210 patients on...
- Sunday, August 9: Number of coronavirus cases, deaths in Louisiana: BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - As of Sunday, August 9, the Louisiana Department of Health reported the following cases for the state:. 1,383 patients in the hospital - decrease of 23 patients. 210 patients on ventilators - increase of 3 patients. 89,083 patients recovered - no change. 98% of these...
New Cases Breakdown:
*Based on Media Reports*
- Jefferson Parish: 176 new cases, 15279 in total, 6 new deaths
- East Baton Rouge Parish: 241 new cases, 12187 in total, 3 new deaths
- Orleans Parish: 98 new cases, 10735 in total
- Lafayette Parish: 160 new cases, 7628 in total, 2 new deaths
- Calcasieu Parish: 63 new cases, 6815 in total
- Caddo Parish: 58 new cases, 6668 in total, 2 new deaths
- St_ Tammany Parish: 143 new cases, 5229 in total, 3 new deaths
- Ouachita Parish: 83 new cases, 4870 in total, 2 new deaths
- Tangipahoa Parish: 80 new cases, 3477 in total, 3 new deaths
- Rapides Parish: 67 new cases, 3290 in total
- Terrebonne Parish: 49 new cases, 3035 in total
- Livingston Parish: 79 new cases, 2924 in total
- Ascension Parish: 73 new cases, 2871 in total, 3 new deaths
- Lafourche Parish: 41 new cases, 2800 in total, 2 new deaths
- St_ Landry Parish: 96 new cases, 2727 in total, 1 new death
- Acadia Parish: 28 new cases, 2598 in total, 4 new deaths
- Iberia Parish: 82 new cases, 2532 in total, 2 new deaths
- Bossier Parish: 22 new cases, 2333 in total, 2 new deaths
- St_ Martin Parish: 95 new cases, 1711 in total, 2 new deaths
- St_ Mary Parish: 54 new cases, 1597 in total, 2 new deaths
- Vermilion Parish: 53 new cases, 1582 in total
- St_ Charles Parish: 32 new cases, 1474 in total, 1 new death
- St_ John the Baptist Parish: 21 new cases, 1424 in total
- Allen Parish: 31 new cases, 1276 in total
- Washington Parish: 18 new cases, 1265 in total
- Iberville Parish: 18 new cases, 1237 in total, 1 new death
- St_ Bernard Parish: 12 new cases, 1103 in total
- Avoyelles Parish: 49 new cases, 1070 in total, 1 new death
- Jefferson Davis Parish: 19 new cases, 1024 in total, 2 new deaths
- Franklin Parish: 38 new cases, 934 in total
- Evangeline Parish: 34 new cases, 895 in total, 3 new deaths
- Webster Parish: 25 new cases, 893 in total
- Beauregard Parish: 14 new cases, 833 in total, 1 new death
- Lincoln Parish: 31 new cases, 797 in total, 2 new deaths
- Pointe Coupee Parish: 11 new cases, 791 in total
- Natchitoches Parish: 12 new cases, 773 in total
- Vernon Parish: 20 new cases, 768 in total, 1 new death
- De Soto Parish: 12 new cases, 722 in total
- West Baton Rouge Parish: 19 new cases, 720 in total
- St_ James Parish: 23 new cases, 716 in total
- Union Parish: 31 new cases, 706 in total
- Sabine Parish: 23 new cases, 645 in total
- Madison Parish: 4 new cases, 613 in total
- Richland Parish: 15 new cases, 601 in total
- East Feliciana Parish: 20 new cases, 587 in total
- Assumption Parish: 7 new cases, 584 in total
- Morehouse Parish: 35 new cases, 529 in total
- East Carroll Parish: 1 new case, 519 in total
- Plaquemines Parish: 7 new cases, 458 in total
- Winn Parish: 10 new cases, 423 in total
- Bienville Parish: 17 new cases, 381 in total
- Jackson Parish: 8 new cases, 376 in total
- West Feliciana Parish: 2 new cases, 347 in total
- Concordia Parish: 24 new cases, 327 in total
- Grant Parish: 8 new cases, 306 in total, 2 new deaths
- La Salle Parish: 22 new cases, 305 in total
- Catahoula Parish: 13 new cases, 293 in total
- West Carroll Parish: 6 new cases, 293 in total, 1 new death
- Claiborne Parish: 23 new cases, 274 in total
- St_ Helena Parish: 6 new cases, 264 in total, 1 new death
- Red River Parish: 26 new cases, 238 in total, 1 new death
- Caldwell Parish: 6 new cases, 218 in total
- Cameron Parish: 1 new case, 168 in total
- Tensas Parish: 18 new cases, 88 in total