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

Louisiana’s COVID-19 Vaccine Hotline at 1-855-453-0774

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

As of Friday, August 5, 2022, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) reported the following coronavirus cases and totals for the state:

1,389,464 total cases - 1,760 new cases
17,633 total deaths - 12 new deaths
644 patients in hospitals - decrease of 33 patients
16 patients on ventilators - increase of 1 patient

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)

As of Tuesday, August 2, 2022:

Current phase of distribution: Everyone 6 months+
New Initiated - 1,603
New Completed - 1,302
Total Vaccine Series Initiated - 2,809,596
Total Completed Vaccine Series - 2,497,301

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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