Coronavirus in Louisiana: State reports 1,260 new cases, 6 new deaths on May 18

BATON ROUGE, La. (KTVE/KARD)— The Louisiana Division of Well being reported 1,260 new instances and 6 new deaths on Wednesday, Could 18, 2022, bringing the full variety of instances to 1,247,925 and the full variety of deaths to 17,307.

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As said on the LDH web site, the brand new case enhance could not match the distinction between in the present day’s whole instances and the earlier replace due to the each day elimination of newly recognized duplicates and out-of-state instances.

Hospitalizations elevated by 18 and the variety of sufferers on ventilators elevated by 1 as of Wednesday; coming to a complete of 114 hospitalized sufferers with 6 on ventilators.

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In our space, 40 new instances and 1 new dying had been reported on Wednesday. Ouachita Parish continues to be reporting essentially the most instances and deaths in our space with 50,823 whole confirmed instances and 756 whole confirmed deaths.

Here’s a record of native parishes reporting confirmed instances and deaths:

• Ouachita Parish – 50,823 instances, 756 deaths (19 new instances and 1 new dying)
• Lincoln Parish – 12,279 instances, 145 deaths (3 new instances)
• Morehouse Parish – 6,877 instances, 134 deaths (3 new instances)
• Franklin Parish – 7,360 instances, 178 deaths (4 new instances)
• Union Parish – 6,936 instances, 135 deaths (1 new case)
• Richland Parish – 6,739 instances, 97 deaths (2 new instances)
• Concordia Parish –5,114 instances, 89 deaths (3 new instances)
• Jackson Parish – 4,411 instances, 76 deaths (0 new instances)
• Madison Parish –3,266 instances, 59 deaths (0 new instances)
• Winn Parish – 4,453 instances, 64 deaths (0 new instances)
• West Carroll Parish – 3,632 instances, 66 deaths (2 new instances)
• La Salle Parish – 4,280 instances, 61 deaths (1 new case)
• Catahoula Parish – 2,703 instances, 55 deaths (1 new case)
• East Carroll Parish – 2,538 instances, 38 deaths (0 new instances)
• Caldwell Parish – 3,626 instances, 55 deaths (1 new case)
• Tensas Parish – 989 instances, 11 deaths (0 new instances)