For the fourth straight day, Louisiana has set a record for the number of COVID patients in the hospital. It’s now up to 2,421 and according to health officials, 90-percent of the hospitalized are unvaccinated. Governor John Bel Edwards says the state is at the leading edge of this fourth surge.
“Case growth per capita in Louisiana continues to be the highest in the country, we are the number one state that’s not a distinction we want to have and quite frankly it’s not even close,” said Edwards.
The state health department says over the past two weeks about one percent of Louisiana residents have become infected with COVID-19. Edwards says more than six thousand children have tested positive this week, which is why children five and up should wear a mask in schools.
“Any holistic effort to slow the spread of the virus which is absolutely paramount right now, in light of all things we are seeing across the state of Louisiana, simply has to include these young people,” said Edwards.
Edwards says nearly 38% of the state’s population is vaccinated, one of the lowest rates in the nation. But he says the number of people seeking coronavirus vaccines has grown by 300% during this surge.
“I am hardened by the trajectory that we are currently on and we have to continue that for some time,” said Edwards.
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