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For the third day in a row, Louisiana hospitals reported record-breaking numbers of coronavirus patients, with 2,350 hospitalized across the state, according to a noon update from the Louisiana Department of Health.

The number of hospitalizations increased by 103, and the number of patients in need of ventilators increased by 34, for a total of 258 patients in need of mechanical ventilation. More people are on ventilators than at any point since the first wave.

Cases also reached a new weekly high. The Louisiana Department of Health reported 3,905 more confirmed coronavirus cases and 27 more confirmed deaths in its noon update Thursday

There are an additional 1,563 "probable" cases and 6 "probable" deaths, for a total of 5,468 new cases and 33 new deaths.

Here are some of the regions with the highest number of patients hospitalized:

New Orleans area: 485
Baton Rouge area: 414
North shore: 367
Lafayette area: 287
Shreveport area: 218
River Parishes and Houma/Thibodaux: 164
Alexandria area: 154
Monroe area: 134
Lake Charles area: 127

In Louisiana, 44,370 more people have started the vaccination process since Thursday, according to the update. Another 54,200 doses of COVID vaccines have been administered.

Here are some of the parishes with the highest single-day increase in confirmed coronavirus cases, based on the Thursday report:

Jefferson: 521 new cases
East Baton Rouge: 311 new cases, 1 new death
Orleans: 355 new cases, 3 new deaths
Lafayette: 208 new cases, 1 new death
Caddo: 250 new cases
St. Tammany: 289 new cases, 2 new deaths

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