The Louisiana Department of Health today reported an increase of 53 coronavirus deaths confirmed over a 24 hour period.
There are now 755 COVID-19 deaths in the state.
The number of cases reported increased by 970.
There are now 19,253 positive tests for coronavirus in Louisiana.
Most of this week, officials reported encouraging trends for the net number of people in hospitals fighting the virus and how many patients were on ventilators.
That continued today with 40 more patients hospitalized and just six more on a ventilator.





