Louisiana COVID-19 - October 23, 2020 Update: +696 cases; +21 deaths; +22 hospitalized

#fakenumbers

Must be all the superspreader homecoming events parents are organizing without school's involvement

Lots of those are transfers from rural areas. Our hospital sends Covid patients to Shreveport or Ellick but when those are full it's sent them as far as Jackson MS and Fayetteville AR. For all the talk about hospitals not being overwhelmed, sometimes it is tough to find an available bed.

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October 23, 2020 Update: +69

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giggity

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sometimes it is tough to find an available bed

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Which has been the case for many years. Family members have stayed parked in hallways and at the ER for hours and hours waiting for an available bed. Has nothing to do with the current events.

Magic beans.

Total cases by collection date on or after 10/9/2020 - 6,320, plus hospitalizations equals 6,940. The number I posted yesterday using the same methodology was 6,723. There are 217 more active cases today than yesterday, an increase of 3.23%. 685 of the 696 new cases are from test dates during this time.

Test Date 10/22/2020 10/23/2020 Change
10/8/2020 490
10/9/2020 354 354 0
10/10/2020 267 267 0
10/11/2020 301 312 11
10/12/2020 748 743 -5
10/13/2020 694 693 -1
10/14/2020 606 611 5
10/15/2020 631 650 19
10/16/2020 517 530 13
10/17/2020 252 262 10
10/18/2020 233 243 10
10/19/2020 598 679 81
10/20/2020 317 510 193
10/21/2020 117 371 254
10/22/2020 0 95 95
10/23/2020 0 0 0


Total 6,125 6,320 685
Hospital 598 620
Active Cases 6,723 6,940
Change 128 217
% Change 1.941% 3.228%

Smack

Shut it all down. When the economy was shut down, virus went away, 0 cases.