COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations increase By Kaitlin Rust | December 9, 2020 at 9:45 PM CST - Updated December 9 at 10:56 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Today, Louisiana reported more than 4,300 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day total since the pandemic began.
With COVID-19 positivity rates rapidly climbing into double digits across the area, the strain is being felt. Over 1,500 hundred COVID-19 patients in Louisiana are hospitalized right now. 177 are on ventilators.
While numbers sometimes are easy to gloss over, the stories of whatâs happening to real people are harder to ignore as the situation continues to worsen.
âI think the worst part about it is not knowing that the last time you saw them was the last time you saw them,â local attorney Brian McMillan said.