ONE-STOP-SHOP: Louisiana stats, links related to COVID-19

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This is your one-stop-shop guide to everything you need to know about the impact of COVID-19.

As of Monday, October 17, 2022, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) reported the following coronavirus cases and totals for the state:

LDH has discontinued daily reporting as of 10/14/2022 and will resume weekly reporting on 10/19/2022

1,458,706 total cases - 375 new cases
18,127 total deaths - 7 new deaths
174 patients in hospitals - decrease of 1 patient
7 patients on ventilators - decrease of 2 patients

CURRENT LOUISIANA CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION

“Because of the daily removal of newly identified duplicates and out-of-state cases, the new case increase may not match the difference between today’s and yesterday’s total case count,” LDH says.

LOUISIANA VACCINE INFORMATION (Updated on Mondays and Thursdays) . Note: Vaccination data is delayed on 10/14/2022-10/19/22

As of Tuesday, October 10, 2022:

Current phase of distribution: Everyone 6 months+
New Initiated - 1,038
New Completed - 952
Total Vaccine Series Initiated - 2,828,205
Total Completed Vaccine Series - 2,515,120
Total Extra Doses - 1,330,878
New Extra Doses - 8,123

COVID-19 VACCINE LOCATIONS: https://ldh.la.gov/covidvaccine-locations

COVID-19 TESTING RESOURCES (When should you get tested for COVID-19?): https://ldh.la.gov/page/covid-testing-resources

TESTING SITES: https://ldh.la.gov/page/covid19-testing-sites

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)

The Louisiana Department of Health is reporting the following MIS-C cases, as of 02/02/2022:

Confirmed Cases: 309

Deaths: 14

Age Range: 0-20

Median Age: 10

Gender: Female 116 (37.5%) | Male 193 (62.5%)

Clinical Status: Hospitalized 1 (0.3%) Discharged 294 (95.1%) | Died 14 (4.5%)

Race: Asian 7 (2.3%) Black 149 (48.2%) Other 32 (10.3%) White 121 (39.2%) Unknown 0

Ethnicity: Hispanic 41 (13.3%) Non-Hispanic 268 (86.7%)

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