- At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes, have recovered 976 bodies. This is an increase from 972 recovered bodies on Oct. 4, 2005.
- These numbers have been reported to state officials by local coroners. A breakdown is as follows:
783 are at the morgue in St. Gabriel
Parish Coroners:
Ascension – 9
Assumption – 3
East Baton Rouge – 72
Iberia – 6
Jefferson – 30
Lafourche – 2
Livingston – 5
Plaquemines – 3
St. Charles – 8
St. Tammany – 7
Tangipahoa – 26
Terrebonne – 19
West Baton Rouge – 3
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