Division of Administrative Law Rules in Favor of LDI in State Farm Hurricane Barry Deductible Case
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Nicholls State University Grateful to Graves for Securing $500,000 to Reimburse for COVID Costs
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Since yesterday, 17,592 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported to the state. That number is out of 84,376 tests. This total breaks the single-day pandemic record of 14,802 set 1/7/22.
Since 1/11, 2,384 cases of reinfection have been reported to the state. 35,819 total cases of reinfection have been reported to the state since the pandemic started. Reinfections are not included in case counts.
This update includes new cases among all age groups, with the largest shares of new cases are among those ages 5-17 (20%), ages 18-29 (20%), and ages 30-39 (17%).
Today LDH reports 1,999 COVID hospitalizations, 94 more than yesterday. 111 of those patients are on ventilators, 13 more than yesterday. 77% of those hospitalized are not up to date on their vaccines.
Of these new cases reported since 1/11, 97.5% are tied to community spread rather than congregate settings.
LDH reports 14 additional Covid deaths reported to the state since yesterday. Louisiana has reported 15,166 cumulative total deaths due to COVID-19.
Due to a processing error, only top line statewide numbers will be updated on the website today. This impacts COVID cases and percent positivity by parish and region.
