Saturday update: St. John reporting 829 COVID-19 cases
Published 12:30 pm Saturday, May 16, 2020
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LAPLACE — There were 829 of reported COVID-19 cases and 77 deaths in St. John the Baptist Parish on Saturday, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. This marks a decrease of 1 cases and no deaths since Friday’s report.
St. Charles Parish has 613 reported cases and 41 deaths, while St. James has 282 reported cases and 23 deaths.
Statewide, there are 34,117 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across all 64 parishes. This marks an increase of 280 cases since yesterday’s report.
There were 2,413 deaths statewide as of Saturday, which was an increase of 31 since Friday’s report. The first death in the state was reported on March 14.
According to the Louisiana Department of Health, there are 1,028 COVID-19 patients in hospitals across the state. Of these patients, 123 are on ventilators.
The state is now reporting that 22,608 people who have tested positive are presumed to have recovered as of May 10.
This data is updated daily at noon.
-Barber shops, nail salons, hair salons and bars that offer food service, casinos and video poker, museums, zoos and aquariums can operate at a 25 percent of their normal capacity.
St. John curfew has been lifted.
St. John Sheriff, Mike Tregre, announced the overnight curfew put into place April 1 in St. John the Baptist Parish expired as the parish moved to Phase One under the White House COVID-19 guidance. This removes the Stay at Home order for Louisianans and allows additional businesses to open under strict occupancy, protection and social distancing guidelines.
