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View Comments COVID-19 cases are surging in Louisiana, the vast majority of which have been attributed to the virus delta variant. On Monday, the state reported its largest ever single-day increase in COVID-19 cases at 6,109, though that includes cases identified over the weekend when daily case increases are not reported. Still, new cases of the virus in Louisiana have more than tripled just in the past three weeks, with last weeks 12,233 new cases marking an increase of 225% over cases report...

Lafayette Daily Advertiser New cases of COVID-19 are exploding across Louisiana as the delta variant pushes case growth back to its January levels while more than 1,000 Louisianans were hospitalized with COVID-19 for the first time in months. This week, Louisiana identified more than 12,200 new cases of COVID-19 in just one week for the first time since January as the states growth in new cases doubled from last weeks figures, when 6,063 new cases were reported. "The number of new cases diagnos...

Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com Jul 22, 2021 | 5:50 PM The nation’s largest hospital association is calling for all hospital staff to be vaccinated as COVID cases surge once again across the country, and the state’s largest hospital system, Ochsner Health, said they plan to follow the recommendation of the American Hospital Association. “We do anticipate moving to mandatory vaccines when the vaccine comes off EUA (Emergency Use Authorization.) Our hope is the EUA will be lifted sh...

/ Source: The Associated Press La vacunación está comenzando a aumentar en algunos estados donde los casos de COVID-19 están creciendo, según informaron funcionarios de la Casa Blanca este jueves, pero los hospitales ya se están quedando sin espacio debido a la variante delta, que se está "propagando con una eficiencia increíble". El coordinador de la respuesta a la pandemia de coronavirus de la Casa Blanca, Jeff Zients, le dijo a los periodistas que varios estados con las proporcio...

Vaccinations up in some states with surging cases By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and RICHARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and RICHARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Published: July 22, 2021, 8:08pm Share: 2 Photos Rochelle Walensky, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), left, and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listen during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committe...

Vaccinations rise in some states with soaring COVID infections Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, left, and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listen during a Senate hearing Tuesday in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds / The New York Times) By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and RICHARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press Print Vaccinations are beginning to rise in some states where COVID-19 cases are ...

WWNO A vaccinator administers a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. March 4, 2021. Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients have soared in the last month at Ochsner Health hospitals in Louisiana, in a trend that officials say is escalating as the state faces a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic. At a press conference late Wednesday, Oschner officials detailed staggering statistics. Hospitalizations for people hospitalized with COVID-19 jumped from 74 to 331...

Photo Credit: Ochsner Health As supply of vaccine begins to exceed demand, Ochsner Health is making every possible effort to increase vaccine confidence and ensure doses are easily accessible to all residents. The New Orleans-based health system’s Innovation Health Podcast series provides in-depth discussions to address safety concerns among minority groups and specific patient populations. In the podcast, “COVID Vaccines and the African-American Community,” Obinna Nnedu, M.D, an infectio...

Personal Protective Equipment facility coming to Broussard and last updated 2021-05-03 14:11:06-04 Two new PPE manufacturing facilities are planned for the Broussard area, and theyre expected to create 2,200 new jobs, officials say. Gov. John Bel Edwards joined Ochsner Health President and CEO Warner Thomas, SafeSource Direct CEO Justin Hollingsworth and other officials announces the development of two manufacturing facilities for personal protective equipment, or PPE. Economic Development of...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana health system and a community college in New Orleans are...