Louisiana reports record number of COVID deaths

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Source: CBS News

Louisiana reported 139 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday – the state's highest reported number of deaths in a single day since the pandemic began, the Louisiana Department of Health tweeted. The previous record, 129 deaths, was reported on April 14, 2020.

"Each death is a terrible loss, even more so because we know most COVID deaths can now be prevented through safe and effective vaccines," Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards tweeted.

The state's health department reported 3,814 new cases of the virus Tuesday, noting an increase across all age groups within the state. The largest percentage increase of cases were among those aged 5 to 17.

As of Tuesday, 2,856 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Louisiana, and 480 patients are on ventilators. Unvaccinated peopled accounted for 91% of current COVID hospitalizations. The state's cumulative COVID-19 death toll surpassed 12,000 on Tuesday, the state's health department tweeted. Only 11.14% of intensive care unit beds are available statewide, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.



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[underpants]

1. LSU announced today - proof of vax or negative or you can't get into the stadium

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215777091

[IronLionZion]

2. They were hit hard last year too over the summer nt

[Farmer-Rick]

3. Geez, they could have been vaccinated

Now they are doing worse than in the original pandemic when all the while they all could have been vaccinated.

Yeah, only had 139 deaths but how many of those infected and recovered people are permanently injured?

Wow, just wow..

[dianaredwing]

4. Exactly

I live here and it was easy to find a place to get jabbed. They were all over and the information was very easy to find. My next door neighbor is now quarantined because of Covid. DUMB DUMB DUMB. When your libertarian sensabilities confine you to your home for several weeks and then another month before you can be fully vaccinated and go back to work, maybe you want to rethink your priorities.