of august here, where we had over 200 patients at our lcmc hospitals with covid. statewide over 3,000. just recently we re down to about 28 patients at our lcmc hospitals and just under 500 across the state. so we re looking better than where we were a few months ago. now the lower numbers are easing the pressure on what was a very strange system. vaccinations moving forward are going to be the concern here in louisiana. you have a very low vaccination rate in the state, 45th in the nation. when you go to the state s dashboard, 84% of new cases are amongst unvaccinated individuals. 80% of deaths last week amongst unvaccinated individuals, 83% currently of those hospitalized have not been vaccinated in the state. what a drop we re seeing. speaking with you last, vaccine
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higher odds of infection risk. decoupling these factors are going to be really important. i suppose the key for most of us is, if we get infected, how badly do we suffer? and there, the results are still pretty good. the results are still pretty iood. ., . , , ., the results are still pretty aood. , ., ., good. exactly, so overall severe covid good. exactly, so overall severe covid risk- good. exactly, so overall severe covid risk and - severe covid risk and hospitalisation is significantly lower compared to unvaccinated individuals. 50 significantly lower compared to unvaccinated individuals.- unvaccinated individuals. so do we really need unvaccinated individuals. so do we really need a unvaccinated individuals. so do we really need a booster- unvaccinated individuals. so do we really need a boosterjab? i we really need a boosterjab? it s a great question. when you look at the evolution, you need to stay one step ahead of what is happening. clearly, the delta variant, from the