There’s been another big jump in coronavirus cases and deaths. Louisiana health officials reported an additional 510 cases of COVID-19 today bringing the state’s total number to 2,305.
Eighteen more people have died since yesterday’s update.
The total number of fatalities is 83 and that includes a 17-year-old from Orleans Parish. That’s the first minor from Louisiana who has died from COVID-19.
The state health department has identified COVID-19 clusters in six nursing homes in the state. The five department can identify are Chateau D’Ville, Chateau De Notre Dame, Lambeth House, St. James Place and Vista Shores.
676 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized on Thursday, 239 require ventilation. If the state is unable to flatten the curve, the New Orleans area could run out of vents during the first week of April.
Health officials are also monitoring an uptick in cases in Caddo and Bossier parishes.
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