Over 10,000 Louisianans are now believed to have died from COVID-19 as of today’s Department of Health report.
The first reported COVID-19 death in Louisiana occurred on March 14th, 2020. Governor Edwards said it’s a grim reminder of just how deadly the pandemic has been.
“The number of people who died in Louisiana was 30 percent higher than the number of people who died in 2019,” said Edwards.
Early on in the pandemic, there was widespread misinformation calling COVID-19 no worse than the common flu. Edwards said that’s been completely debunked now.
“If you think it is no worse than the average flu, well, 15 times more people died than in our worst flu years, so this pandemic is real,” said Edwards.
Despite that grim milestone, there are signs of hope. As of today over a million Louisianans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and over 600,000 Louisianans have completed a full series be that one Johnson and Johnson jab or two Pfizer or Moderna shots. That’s more than the number of people who have tested positive since March for COVID-19.
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