On the Louisiana Department of Health website, Louisiana is covered in red, indicating nearly the entire state is at the highest risk for COVID-19. The percent positivity rate has jumped to 13.2 percent and the number of new cases are comparable to January when COVID cases were at an all-time high. Hill said the surge will likely continue climbing. "If you look at the prediction models, this will continue into October," Hills said. Tuesday, LDH reported the largest single-day increase in hospitalizations since March 2020. "We've seen a doubling every week in the number of inpatients," Hill said. St. Tammany Hospital set an unfortunate new record Wednesday with 67 hospitalized COVID patients. That's the highest it's ever been.