On the Louisiana Department of Health website, Louisiana is covered in red, indicating nearly the entire state is at the highest risk for COVID-19. The percent positivity rate has jumped to 13.2 percent and the number of new cases are comparable to January when COVID cases were at an all-time high.
Hill said the surge will likely continue climbing. If you look at the prediction models, this will continue into October, Hills said.
Tuesday, LDH reported the largest single-day increase in hospitalizations since March 2020. We ve seen a doubling every week in the number of inpatients, Hill said.
St. Tammany Hospital set an unfortunate new record Wednesday with 67 hospitalized COVID patients. That s the highest it s ever been.
A dire warning from the front lines
Health leaders predict post-Carnival surge in La. COVID-19 cases Share Updated: 6:58 PM CST Feb 12, 2021
Health leaders predict post-Carnival surge in La. COVID-19 cases Share Updated: 6:58 PM CST Feb 12, 2021
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Show Transcript JENNIFER. HEALTH LEADERS WARN PEOPLE NOT TO GATHER WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THEIR IMMEDIATE HOUSEHOLD EVEN AT MARDI GRAS ALTERNATIVES LIKE THE STREET FLOAT BEHIND ME. THEY ARE PREDICTING A SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES EVEN AFTER SMALL. GATHERINGS THEY SAY PREVIOUS POST HOLIDAY SURGES PROVE IT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GRAPHIC BY THE SAINT TAMMANY HEALTH SYSTEM SHOWING SPIKES AND INFECTIONS AFTER THE FOURTH OF JULY THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS WITH NEW STRAINS OF THE VIRUS CIRCULATING IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WANTS YOU TO KNOW THE RISKS THIS HOLIDAY ARE EVEN HIGHER WE DO HAVE VARIANT CASES IN THE STATE IN THE REGION AND IN JEFFERSON PARISH, SO THEREFORE IT IS IMPORTAN
Louisiana s health department says only 20 ICU beds were available on the Northshore on Thursday. Author: WWL Staff Updated: 1:03 PM CST January 15, 2021
COVINGTON, La. Hospital leaders on the Northshore are pleading with residents to slow the spread of the coronavirus as the current trajectory of COVID-19 cases in the region threatens to overwhelm healthcare capacity.
The Louisiana Department of Health reports that 2,001 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized across the state as of Thursday, including 246 patients in health region nine which include the Northshore. Both of those numbers are higher than peaks seen in April 2020 just weeks after the virus was first detected in the state.
St. Tammany health system worries about rising hopital admits due to covid
“There is a potential if we don’t see some slowing of the activity or flattening the curve, this could be overwhelming for the healthcare system,” said Torcson. Author: Mike McDaniel / Eyewitness News (WWL) Published: 10:23 PM CST January 5, 2021 Updated: 10:40 PM CST January 5, 2021
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. At St. Tammany Health System in Covington, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Patrick Torcson said there’s been a constant increase in COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital since October. Over the weekend, there was a record of 57.
The peak back in April was 43.