COVID-19 hospitalizations in Louisiana to hit record-high

Louisiana is on track to set a record-high for the number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized amid a rapid rise in the delta variant.

"Today, we reported 11,109 cases on 81,000 tests, we are up to 1,984 inpatient hospitalizations across the state of Louisiana for COVID, and today we also report 28 deaths," Edwards said. "That brings our total to 11,026." He noted that on Tuesday, the state would report "more hospitalizations than at any point in the pandemic," and that case growth per capita is the highest in the country.  "There are no signs on the horizon that things are about to flatten in terms of case growth and so forth and start coming down, so I hope the people across the state of Louisiana will let that sink in just a bit," he said. "We are the worst in the country in terms of this COVID surge, and that is because of this delta variant, which is a game-changer, and the fact that quite frankly not enough people have been vaccinated in the state of Louisiana."