COVID-19 Update (Louisiana) March 20, 2020 at 9:30 am

The number of reported Louisiana cases has increased overnight from 392 to 479 as of 9:30 this morning. The number of parishes reporting cases, for some unknown reason, has dropped from 26 to 25. The number of Louisiana residents deaths remain at 10.  As stated before,

• Two of the deaths (a 58-year-old and a 53-year-old) were reported to have underlying medical conditions, were Orleans Parish residents, and were being treated at Touro Infirmary Hospital and Medical Center in New Orleans. 
• Four of the deaths (a 84-year-old, a 80-year-old,  a 98-year-old, and a 92-year-old) were residents of Lambeth House, an assistant living facility in Orleans Parish. 
• The seventh death is of a 72-year-old Jefferson Parish resident. 
• The eighth death is of a 60-year-old St. James Parish resident.  
• The latest deaths were a 44-year-old Orleans Parish resident with underlying medical conditions and a 91-year-old resident of Lambeth House.

The death of a Mississippi resident at a St. Tammany Parish facility was also confirmed today.