Louisiana had a record number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized Monday just over a month into the fourth-wave surge of infections that has crippled the state’s healthcare resources.
On Tuesday, hospitals across the state reported 2,112 COVID-positive patients in their facilities as of Monday, the largest number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 that Louisiana has seen yet, topping the previous max of 2,069 patients on January 7.
Tuesday’s new record number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients marks an increase of 128 patients from the day before and 722 from a week earlier. Hospitalization figures are reported one day after the fact by Louisiana’s Department of Health.
St Francis and other hospitals apart of Franciscan Missionary of Our Lady Health mandate COVID vaccine for all employees
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Louisiana COVID hospitalizations highest yet a month into fourth wave
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Our Lady of Lourdes to Require All Employees to be Vaccinated
The announcement was made on Tuesday in a statement released by Richard R. Vath, M.D., President and CEO:
We have listened to our team members and physicians as well as tracked the rapid progress of this fourth surge to reach this decision. Throughout the pandemic, our teams have risen to the calling to care for those who need them. We continue that now but already we are straining to meet the demand. It is predicted that we have several weeks and possibly months before we reach the peak of this surge. We must act now to protect each other from spreading the delta variant and protect vulnerable patients from exposure. Vaccines are the best means of accomplishing this and more important than ever as the lasting step to end this pandemic. We should not wait any longer. Our health system is not alone in its decision to require a vaccine and joins many other healthcare organizations and expect others to follow. As a healthca