LDH: October 29th Louisiana COVID-19 UPDATE

The Louisiana Department of Health has issued its daily update for Thursday, October 29th.

There have been 181,837 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Louisiana. That's 392 more reported cases since yesterday.

Numbers show that there are 612 reported COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized. That's a decrease of 1 from yesterday.

79 patients are on ventilators across the state. That's a decrease of 1 since yesterday.

LDH reports the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 5,694. That is 18 more reported deaths than yesterday.

168,634 COVID-19 patients are presumed recovered, as of 10/26/2020. That's 3,352 more recovered patients than last report.

Lafayette Parish: 9,493 total cases, 139 total deaths

(Up 16 reported cases since yesterday, Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)

Iberia Parish: 3,081 total cases, 97 total deaths

(Up 1 reported case since yesterday, Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)

St. Martin Parish: 2,230 total cases, 64 total deaths

(Up 0 reported cases since yesterday, Up 0 reported death since yesterday)

St. Mary Parish: 2,027 total cases, 86 total deaths

(Up 6 reported cases since yesterday, Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)

St. Landry Parish: 3,679 total cases, 135 total deaths

(Up 4 reported cases since yesterday, Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)

Acadia Parish: 3,158 total cases, 101 total deaths

(Up 11 reported cases since yesterday, Up 0 reported deaths since yesterday)

Evangeline Parish: 1,413 total cases, 40 total deaths

(Up 1 reported case since yesterday, Up 1 reported death since yesterday)

Vermilion Parish: 2,129 total cases, 70 total deaths

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

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