The Louisiana Department of Health reported 2,739 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, pushing the total number of reported cases since the pandemic began to 417,415,
The death toll from the coronavirus increased by 27 to 9,239.
Hospitalizations fell by 24 to 1,052 while the number of patients on ventilators remained steady at 151.
On the vaccine front, 699,334 doses in total have been given so far, an increase of 61,973 from Tuesday.
Out of the 482,010 vaccine series initiated, 217,324 are now complete.