COVID-19 Outbreaks

LDH is reporting the number of COVID-19 outbreaks and associated cases in non-congregate settings. This information will be updated every Wednesday. An outbreak is defined as 2 or more cases among unrelated individuals that have visited a site within a 14-day time period.

REPORT DATE	NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS	CASES
11-May	966	6672
Automotive/Dealership	29	108
Bar	57	574
Camp	2	10
Casino	15	711
Child Day Care	64	230
Construction Site	10	86
Festival/Fair	2	6
Food Processing	43	1081
Funeral	9	46
Gym/Fitness Setting	21	98
Home Gathering	6	34
Hotel/Motel	1	2
Industrial Setting	152	1094
Office Space	77	368
Other Worksites	88	448
Recreation	17	74
Religious Services/Event	92	428
Restaurant	112	418
Retail Setting	113	503
Ship/Boat	8	60
Social Event	26	165
Vocational School	4	9
Wedding	18	119

K-12 Schools Reporting

*Cases are defined as individuals reported to have positive SARS-CoV-2 molecular or antigen laboratory tests. Cases are self-reported by k-12 schools currently enrolled in the school reporting system.

STATEWIDE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (IHE) COVID-19 CASES - Spring 2021*

LDH worked closely with the Louisiana Board of Regents and institutions of higher education in developing this reporting process. Sharing facility-level information is not standard public health practice, but we made an exception here at the request of the Board of Regents.

Total number of cases among students living or attending classes on-campus  3186
Total number of cases among students exclusively attending virtual classes** 402
Total number of cases among faculty and staff working on-campus  750
Total number of cases among faculty and staff working 100% virtually**  57

*Cases are defined as individuals reported to have positive SARS-CoV-2 molecular or antigen laboratory tests. Cases are self-reported by IHE currently enrolled in the school reporting system.

** Not all IHE track or report cases among virtual students and staff.

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