LDH: July 23rd Louisiana COVID-19 UPDATE

The Louisiana Department of Health has issued its daily update for Thursday, July 23rd.

There have been 101,650 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Louisiana. There are 2,296 more reported cases since yesterday. 11 percent of all tests reported today were positive, above the ten percent problem level.

Numbers show that there are 1,585 reported COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized. That is 4 more hospitalizations reported since yesterday.

197 patients are on ventilators across the state. That is 9 more patients than was reported yesterday.

The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 3,574. That is 16 more reported deaths since yesterday.

As of today, 61,456 COVID-19 patients are presumed to have recovered. That's 8,168 more recovered patients since last week.

The total number of coronavirus cases that have been in the Acadiana region is 15,246 with 344 total deaths reported.

Lafayette Parish: 5,458 total cases, 71 total deaths

(Up 119 reported cases since yesterday, Up 10 reported deaths since Tuesday)

Iberia Parish: 1,852 total cases, 56 total deaths

(Up 39 reported cases since yesterday, Up 3 reported deaths since Tuesday)

St. Martin Parish: 1,353 total cases, 34 total deaths

(Up 20 reported cases since yesterday, Up 3 reported deaths since Tuesday)

St. Mary Parish: 1,215 total cases, 40 total deaths

(Up 26 reported cases since yesterday, Up 1 reported death since Tuesday)

St. Landry Parish: 1,737 total cases, 68 total deaths

(Up 82 reported cases since yesterday, Up 2 reported deaths since Tuesday)

Acadia Parish: 2,084 total cases, 61 total deaths

(Up 73 reported cases since yesterday, Up 8 reported deaths since Tuesday)

Evangeline Parish: 579 total cases, 2 total deaths

(Up 17 reported cases since yesterday, Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)

Vermilion Parish: 969 total cases, 12 total deaths

(Up 22 reported cases since yesterday, Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)

The numbers are updated and released every day at noon.