The Louisiana Department of Health has issued its daily update for Wednesday, August 12th.

There have been 134,304 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Louisiana. That's 1,179 more reported cases since yesterday.

Numbers show that there are 1,335 reported COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized. That's the same as yesterday.

214 patients are on ventilators across the state. That is the same as yesterday.

(According to LDH: Due to recent changes in federal reporting requirements, hospital related data has been delayed. LDH will update these data as soon as possible.)

The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 4,238. That is 43 more reported deaths since yesterday.

As of today, 103,512 COVID-19 patients are presumed to have recovered, as of August 3rd. That's 14,429 presumed recovered patients since the last report released.

The total number of coronavirus cases that have been in the Acadiana region is 21,832 with 489 total deaths reported.

Lafayette Parish: 7,793 total cases, 100 total deaths

(Up 70 reported cases since yesterday; Up 4 reported deaths since yesterday)

Iberia Parish: 2,575 total cases, 73 total deaths

(Up 14 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)

St. Martin Parish: 1,757 total cases, 46 total deaths

(Up 23 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)

St. Mary Parish: 1,642 total cases, 56 total deaths

(Up 11 reported cases since yesterday; Up 1 reported deaths since yesterday)

St. Landry Parish: 2,824 total cases, 92 total deaths

(Up 46 reported cases since yesterday; Up 1 reported death since yesterday)

Acadia Parish: 2,652 total cases, 87 total deaths

(Up 18 reported cases since yesterday; Up 2 reported deaths since yesterday)

Evangeline Parish: 932 total cases, 7 total deaths

(Up 24 reported cases since yesterday; Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)

Vermilion Parish: 1,657 total cases, 28 total deaths

(Up 46 reported cases since yesterday; Up 1 reported death since yesterday)

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

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