Total COVID-19 hospitalizations in Louisiana increased 65 in today's report to 844. Not since Mardi Gras has Louisiana had this many people in the hospital being treated for COVID-19.
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Last week, hospitalizations statewide were 468.
Today's reported new cases total 5,388. That is more than 16 percent of the 32,945 new tests, and the third-highest single-day increase in Louisiana during the entire pandemic.
Thirteen more people in Louisiana have died from the disease.
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