The Louisiana Department of Health Tuesday night said there are three new caes of suspected CoVID-19 coronavirus, including one in St. Tammany Parish. It brings the total number of presumptive cases in Louisiana to six.
UPDATE: The Louisiana Department of Health reported three new presumptive positive cases of #COVID19, commonly referred to as coronavirus. Two are residents of and hospitalized in Orleans Parish, and one is a resident of Orleans Parish hospitalized in St. Tammany Parish. pic.twitter.com/CXLsqAaZ9G
— Louisiana Department of Health (@LADeptHealth) March 11, 2020
Two of the new cases are in New Orleans, and the St. Tammany case is a New Orleans resident hospitalized on the Northshore.
All six cases so far have been New Orleans area residents. The earliest case is a Jefferson Parish resident hospitalized at the VA hospital in New Orleans. Tuesday afternoon, two more cases were announced, with the patients at University Medical Center and Touro Infirmary.
The new cases, all unrelated to one another, prompted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell to cancel several upcoming public events, including the kickoff to Wednesday in the Square, and this weekend's slate of St. Patrick's and St. Joseph's parades.
