Another Reporting Backlog Leads To Jump In Reported COVID-19 Cases In La.

Louisiana saw another big jump in reported COVID-19 cases Thursday that the Louisiana Department of Health is again putting on a reporting backlog.

"Today, the Department reports 827 new cases, of which 609 came from labs that are new to reporting. These labs previously have not reported and are now reporting all their historic lab results electronically," said a press release from LDH. "This means 218 of the 827 new cases came from the rest of the regular reporting across the state."

The new reported cases bring the total to 33,489 statewide with 2,351 deaths.

There remained 1,193 hospitalized with COVID-19 with 140 of those needing ventiliators.

Here is the latest list of COVID-19 cases and deaths by parish as of Thursday, May 14. More detailed information is available on the Louisiana Department of Health's online dashboard.

Jefferson - 6,860 case(s) | 423 death(s)

Orleans - 6,768 case(s) | 482 death(s)

East Baton Rouge - 2,898 case(s) | 201 death(s)

Caddo - 1,818 case(s) | 143 death(s)

St. Tammany - 1,511 case(s) | 142 death(s)

Ouachita - 869 case(s) | 31 death(s)

St. John the Baptist - 820 case(s) | 78 death(s)

Ascension - 745 case(s) | 48 death(s)

Lafourche - 719 case(s) | 60 death(s)

Tangipahoa - 696 case(s) | 30 death(s)

St. Charles - 602 case(s) | 42 death(s)

Terrebonne - 550 case(s) | 41 death(s)

Lafayette - 541 case(s) | 23 death(s)

Iberville - 537 case(s) | 38 death(s)

St. Bernard - 516 case(s) | 18 death(s)

Calcasieu - 507 case(s) | 40 death(s)

Rapides - 417 case(s) | 13 death(s)

Washington - 356 case(s) | 29 death(s)

Iberia - 352 case(s) | 33 death(s)

Livingston - 343 case(s) | 23 death(s)

Bossier - 327 case(s) | 22 death(s)

St. James - 284 case(s) | 22 death(s)

St. Martin - 278 case(s) | 22 death(s)

Franklin - 266 case(s) | 8 death(s)

St. Mary - 263 case(s) | 27 death(s)

St. Landry - 244 case(s) | 51 death(s)

Assumption - 234 case(s) | 11 death(s)

Union - 231 case(s) | 11 death(s)

De Soto - 223 case(s) | 14 death(s)

Plaquemines - 192 case(s) | 16 death(s)

West Feliciana - 181 case(s) | 7 death(s)

East Feliciana - 169 case(s) | 21 death(s)

Acadia - 159 case(s) | 11 death(s)

Pointe Coupee - 152 case(s) | 17 death(s)

West Baton Rouge - 150 case(s) | 30 death(s)

Lincoln - 116 case(s) | 13 death(s)

Webster - 112 case(s) | 5 death(s)

Richland - 104 case(s) | 1 death(s)

Catahoula - 103 case(s) | 3 death(s)

Natchitoches - 102 case(s) | 10 death(s)

Allen - 94 case(s) | 10 death(s)

Morehouse - 89 case(s) | 5 death(s)

Bienville - 81 case(s) | 20 death(s)

Avoyelles - 79 case(s) | 9 death(s)

Evangeline - 74 case(s) | 1 death(s)

Jackson - 70 case(s) | 8 death(s)

Jefferson Davis - 69 case(s) | 6 death(s)

Winn - 66 case(s) | 2 death(s)

Parish Under Investigation - 65 case(s) | 0 death(s)

Claiborne - 59 case(s) | 10 death(s)

Concordia - 54 case(s) | 4 death(s)

Beauregard - 49 case(s) | 4 death(s)

Caldwell - 48 case(s) | 0 death(s)

Vermilion - 42 case(s) | 2 death(s)

Red River - 38 case(s) | 6 death(s)

St. Helena - 38 case(s) | 1 death(s)

La Salle - 35 case(s) | 0 death(s)

Sabine - 29 case(s) | 0 death(s)

East Carroll - 25 case(s) | 0 death(s)

Vernon - 19 case(s) | 2 death(s)

Grant - 18 case(s) | 1 death(s)

Madison - 18 case(s) | 0 death(s)

Tensas - 6 case(s) | 0 death(s)

West Carroll - 6 case(s) | 0 death(s)

Cameron - 3 case(s) | 0 death(s)


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