'Another 1,231 people in Louisiana have been reinfected with COVID-19 in the same time frame,' a news release from the state Department of Health said.
The COVID positivity rate in Louisiana hit 20 percent as hospitalizations in the state doubled in one week, the state Department of Health tweeted on Monday.said that the COVID positivity rate increased to 20 percent on Sunday with 2,619 new confirmed cases out of a total 12,831 tests that day. The department on Sunday reported 9,545 positive tests out of 59,139, approximately 16 percent, since Thursday.
"Another 1,231 people in Louisiana have been reinfected with COVID-19 in the same time frame," the release said, mentioning that reinfections are not counted on the department's COVID-19 dashboard. Overall, the four-day holiday weekend had 12,164 new COVID cases reported, bringing the total amount to over 800,000 confirmed COVID cases. according to the department.
Of the cases reported from December 9 to December 15, 69 percent were unvaccinated, while 82 percent of those who died were unvaccinated, the department reported.
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