While the numbers of cases and deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus continue to rise in Louisiana, the amount of those hospitalized and on ventilators dipped slightly as of the Wednesday update from the Louisiana Department of Health.
LDH reported 17,030 cases and 652 deaths, increases of 746 and 70, respectively. The number of those hospitalized decreased a little from 1,996 to 1,983, with those on ventilators going down from 519 to 490. The reason was the decrease was not known at time of publication.
Here are the latest parish-by-parish numbers from LDH as of Noon 4/8/2020:
Orleans - 5,070 case(s) | 208 death(s) | 1,777 state tests | 19,415 commercial tests
Jefferson - 4,092 case(s) | 149 death(s) | 726 state tests | 3,982 commercial tests
East Baton Rouge - 935 case(s) | 33 death(s) | 376 state tests | 5,225 commercial tests
Caddo - 803 case(s) | 25 death(s) | 139 state tests | 13,624 commercial tests
St. Tammany - 733 case(s) | 18 death(s) | 179 state tests | 3,110 commercial tests
St. John the Baptist - 432 case(s) | 35 death(s) | 4 state tests | 213 commercial tests
Ascension - 366 case(s) | 15 death(s) | 27 state tests | 1,619 commercial tests
Lafourche - 355 case(s) | 11 death(s) | 243 state tests | 1,483 commercial tests
St. Charles - 328 case(s) | 19 death(s) | 1 state tests | 135 commercial tests
St. Bernard - 304 case(s) | 10 death(s) | 5 state tests | 273 commercial tests
Lafayette - 285 case(s) | 10 death(s) | 89 state tests | 7,221 commercial tests
Ouachita - 275 case(s) | 3 death(s) | 152 state tests | 3,148 commercial tests
Tangipahoa - 269 case(s) | 4 death(s) | 6 state tests | 1,064 commercial tests
Terrebonne - 209 case(s) | 14 death(s) | 78 state tests | 666 commercial tests
Calcasieu - 191 case(s) | 4 death(s) | 91 state tests | 3,756 commercial tests
St. James - 181 case(s) | 7 death(s) | 81 state tests | 159 commercial tests
Iberville - 171 case(s) | 9 death(s) | 3 state tests | 289 commercial tests
Bossier - 159 case(s) | 6 death(s) | 34 state tests | 1,750 commercial tests
Rapides - 135 case(s) | 4 death(s) | 91 state tests | 1,272 commercial tests
Plaquemines - 123 case(s) | 7 death(s) | 2 state tests | 47 commercial tests
St. Martin - 112 case(s) | 4 death(s) | 6 state tests | 131 commercial tests
Washington - 106 case(s) | 5 death(s) | 71 state tests | 271 commercial tests
Livingston - 99 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 1 state tests | 277 commercial tests
Iberia - 97 case(s) | 4 death(s) | 141 state tests | 322 commercial tests
De Soto - 91 case(s) | 7 death(s) | 8 state tests | 71 commercial tests
Assumption - 89 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 6 state tests | 111 commercial tests
Acadia - 86 case(s) | 2 death(s) | 5 state tests | 237 commercial tests
St. Landry - 86 case(s) | 4 death(s) | 35 state tests | 473 commercial tests
St. Mary - 81 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 15 state tests | 287 commercial tests
Allen - 65 case(s) | 5 death(s) | 5 state tests | 120 commercial tests
West Baton Rouge - 54 case(s) | 9 death(s) | 0 state tests | 39 commercial tests
Webster - 51 case(s) | 2 death(s) | 8 state tests | 694 commercial tests
Parish Under Investigation - 49 case(s) | 2 death(s) | 0 state tests | 0 commercial tests
Avoyelles - 48 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 4 state tests | 213 commercial tests
East Feliciana - 39 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 29 state tests | 52 commercial tests
Union - 35 case(s) | 3 death(s) | 3 state tests | 60 commercial tests
Claiborne - 33 case(s) | 2 death(s) | 16 state tests | 68 commercial tests
West Feliciana - 32 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 15 state tests | 194 commercial tests
Franklin - 30 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 13 state tests | 177 commercial tests
Jefferson Davis - 28 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 58 state tests | 510 commercial tests
Pointe Coupee - 27 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 10 state tests | 102 commercial tests
Evangeline - 25 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 26 state tests | 148 commercial tests
Natchitoches - 25 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 15 state tests | 243 commercial tests
Lincoln - 24 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 25 state tests | 202 commercial tests
Beauregard - 23 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 0 state tests | 183 commercial tests
Morehouse - 23 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 5 state tests | 44 commercial tests
Vermilion - 22 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 4 state tests | 318 commercial tests
Bienville - 17 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 3 state tests | 31 commercial tests
Caldwell - 14 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 21 state tests | 69 commercial tests
Catahoula - 14 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 1 state tests | 25 commercial tests
Richland - 13 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 6 state tests | 192 commercial tests
Concordia - 12 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 0 state tests | 65 commercial tests
Vernon - 11 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 0 state tests | 531 commercial tests
Grant - 10 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 1 state tests | 53 commercial tests
St. Helena - 10 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 4 state tests | 134 commercial tests
La Salle - 8 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 18 state tests | 259 commercial tests
Sabine - 7 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 6 state tests | 79 commercial tests
Jackson - 5 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 28 state tests | 386 commercial tests
Winn - 5 case(s) | 2 death(s) | 8 state tests | 64 commercial tests
Red River - 3 case(s) | 1 death(s) | 28 state tests | 10 commercial tests
Madison - 2 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 5 state tests | 11 commercial tests
Cameron - 1 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 0 state tests | 11 commercial tests
East Carroll - 1 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 0 state tests | 40 commercial tests
West Carroll - 1 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 9 state tests | 43 commercial tests
Tensas - 0 case(s) | 0 death(s) | 0 state tests | 0 commercial tests