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

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As of Monday, May 23, 2022, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) reported the following coronavirus cases and totals for the state:

• 1,251,966 total cases - 1,537 new cases
• 17,313 total deaths - 5 new deaths
• 144 patients in hospitals - increase of 28 patients
• 6 patients on ventilators - no change

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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 Monday, May 23, 2022:

• Current phase of distribution: Everyone 5 and older
• Vaccine Series Initiated - 2,780,786
• Total Doses Administered - 5,070,437
• Completed Vaccine Series - 2,472,792
• Vaccine Doses Administered since previous update - 3,103
• Extra doses: 1,021,087

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

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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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