ONE-STOP-SHOP: Louisiana stats, links related to COVID-19

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As of Tuesday, May 24, 2022, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) reported the following coronavirus cases and totals for the state:

1,253,093 total cases - 1,127 new cases
17,318 total deaths - 3 new deaths
165 patients in hospitals - increase of 21 patients
8 patients on ventilators - increase of 2 patients

CURRENT LOUISIANA CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION

“Because of the daily removal of newly identified duplicates and out-of-state cases, the new case increase may not match the difference between today’s and yesterday’s total case count,” LDH says.

LOUISIANA VACCINE INFORMATION (Updated on Mondays and Thursdays)

As of Monday, May 23, 2022:

Current phase of distribution: Everyone 5 and older
Vaccine Series Initiated - 2,780,786
Total Doses Administered - 5,070,437
Completed Vaccine Series - 2,472,792
Vaccine Doses Administered since previous update - 3,103
Extra doses: 1,021,087

COVID-19 VACCINE LOCATIONS: https://ldh.la.gov/covidvaccine-locations

COVID-19 TESTING RESOURCES (When should you get tested for COVID-19?): https://ldh.la.gov/page/covid-testing-resources

TESTING SITES: https://ldh.la.gov/page/covid19-testing-sites

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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)

The Louisiana Department of Health is reporting the following MIS-C cases, as of 02/02/2022:

Confirmed Cases: 309

Deaths: 14

Age Range: 0-20

Median Age: 10

Gender: Female 116 (37.5%) | Male 193 (62.5%)

Clinical Status: Hospitalized 1 (0.3%) Discharged 294 (95.1%) | Died 14 (4.5%)

Race: Asian 7 (2.3%) Black 149 (48.2%) Other 32 (10.3%) White 121 (39.2%) Unknown 0

Ethnicity: Hispanic 41 (13.3%) Non-Hispanic 268 (86.7%)

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ONE-STOP-SHOP: Louisiana stats, links related to COVID-19