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.

 Updated 11/25/2020

OUTBREAK SETTING

NUMBER OF
OUTBREAKS

CASES

 Automotive

15 

64 

 Bar

47 

508 

 Camp

2 

10 

 Casino

10 

238 

 Child Daycare

33 

118 

 Construction Site

8 

76 

 Festival/Fair

1 

3 

 Food Processing

33 

895 

 Funeral

4 

8 

 Gym/Fitness Setting

 13  56 

 Industrial Setting

79 

543 

 Office Space

 25  120 

 Other Worksite

 42  224 

 Recreation

 8  33 
 Religious Services/Event 56  274 
 Restaurant 60  251 
 Retail Setting 43  151 
 Ship/Boat 3  9 
 Social Event  9  66 
 Wedding 9  57 
 Grand Total 500  3704 
 
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 - Updated 11/25/2020
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  5475
Total number of cases among students exclusively attending virtual classes**  399
Total number of cases among faculty and staff working on-campus  632
Total number of cases among faculty and staff working 100% virtually**  41
 

*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.

**Case are cumulative beginning at the start of the fall semester.

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