Tuesday, December 22: Number of coronavirus cases, deaths in Louisiana By Nick Gremillion | December 22, 2020 at 11:48 AM CST - Updated December 22 at 12:43 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - As of Tuesday, Dec. 22, the Louisiana Department of Health reported the following coronavirus cases for the state:
290,960 total cases - increase of 57 patients
94% of the cases reported to the state today were community spread
6% of the cases reported to the state today were in congregate settings
Individuals between the ages of 18 and 29 (18%) and between the ages of 30 and 39 (17%) account for
35% of these cases.
Since Monday, Dec. 21, LDH says 46,522 new tests have been reported to the state, bringing the total number of tests to 4,182,279. Of the tests reported Sunday, 40,516 were PCR tests and 6,006 were antigen tests.