The Louisiana Department of Health today reported 3,186 new cases of COVID-19.
Officials say, however, nearly half of those cases were due to previously unreported test results.
"The update on 7/20/20 includes a backlog of 1,583 cases, with specimen collection dates 5/18-7/13," LDH said on the reporting dashboard.
That means 1,603 of the cases are new.
The state also saw 29 more COVID-19 deaths reported today.
There were also 39 additional people hospitalized with the virus from Sunday to Monday.
