
Louisiana hospitals took on another net increase COVID-19 patients over the weekend, adding 49 to bring the total to 2,956. Hospitalizations have increased almost every single day since the 4th of July.
The Louisiana Dept. of Health reports 13,239 new cases since Friday, and 65 more deaths.
90 percent of cases from July 29 through August 4 and 91 percent of current hospitalizations are in people not fully vaccinated against the virus.