(The Center Square) – Federal officials are once again closely watching Louisiana as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to increase, state and local officials said Wednesday.
Louisiana reported more than 2,000 new cases Wednesday for the first time in a single day since April, though about 900 represented a backlog from a single lab, Gov. John Bel Edwards said. There are 799 COVID-19 patients in Louisiana hospitals, officials said, the highest number reported since May.
As of Sunday, July 5, Sabine Homeland Security had 141 positive tests with at least six additional known positives. A total of 72 are listed as recovered. Hospitalizations had dropped to 542 on June 13 before rising again.
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