COVID cases by state: Where does Louisiana stand?

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DENVER (KDVR) — Christmas is days away and cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19 are rising. So, where does every state in the United States stand with the coronavirus?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cases and deaths are up for the U.S. over the last 30 days.

The blue bar shows daily cases. The red line is the 7-day moving average of cases, per CDC.

Here’s where the positivity rate and case totals are for every state in the U.S. for the last 7-days as of Monday morning, Dec. 13, according to the CDC:

Alabama: Cases: 4,517 (up from last week) Positivity: 5-7.9% (same)
Alaska: Cases: 1,198 (down from last week) Positivity: 3-4.9% (same)
Arizona: Cases: 21,410 (up from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (same)
Arkansas: Cases: 5,293 (down from last week) Positivity: 5-7.9% (down from last week)
California: Cases: 45,184 (down from last week) Positivity: Not available
Colorado: Cases: 12,393 (down from last week) Positivity: 5-7.9% (same)
Connecticut: Cases: 16,143 (up from last week) Positivity: Not available
Delaware: Cases: 4,693 (up from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (up from last week)
Florida: Cases: 35,720 (up from last week) Positivity: 5-7.9% (up from last week)
Georgia: Cases: 12,928 (up from last week) Positivity: 5-7.9% (up from last week)
Hawaii: Cases: 2,186 (up from last week) Positivity: Not available
Idaho: Cases: 2,291 (down from last week) Positivity: 8-9.9% (same)
Illinois: Cases: 59,312 (up from last week) Positivity: 5-7.9% (same)
Indiana: Cases: 30,655 (down from last week) Positivity: 15-19.9% (same)
Iowa: Cases: 10,742 (down from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (same)
Kansas: Cases: 11,680 (up from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (same)
Kentucky: Cases: 14,782 (down from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (same)
Louisiana: Cases: 4,733 (up from last week) Positivity: 3-4.9% (up from last week)
Maine: Cases: 6,458 (down from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (up from last week)
Maryland: (Data not updated)
Massachusetts: Cases: 35,881 (up from last week) Positivity: 5-7.9% (same)
Michigan: Cases: 46,563 (down from last week) Positivity: 15-19.9% (same)
Minnesota: Cases: 22,504 (down from last week) Positivity: 8-9.9% (down from last week)
Mississippi: Cases: 3,340 (down from last week) Positivity: 8-9.9% (same)
Missouri: Cases: 19,554 (up from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (same)
Montana: Cases: 1,046 (down from last week) Positivity: 5-7.9% (same)
Nebraska: Cases: 5,435 (down from last week) Positivity: 15-19.9% (same)
Nevada: Cases: 5,204 (up from last week) Positivity: 8-9.9% (same)
New Hampshire: Cases: 8,600 (down from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (same)
New Jersey: Cases: 35,723 (up from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (up from last week)
New Mexico: Cases: 7,012 (down from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (down from last week)
New York: Cases: 54,026 (up from last week) Positivity: 5-7.9% (same)
North Carolina: Cases: 20,422 (down from last week) Positivity: 8-9.9% (up from last week)
North Dakota: Cases: 2,561 (up from last week) Positivity: 5-7.9% (down from last week)
Ohio: Cases: 57,088 (up from last week) Positivity: 15-19.9% (same)
Oklahoma: Cases: 6,841 (up from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (same)
Oregon: Cases: 5,104 (down from last week) Positivity: 3-4.9% (same)
Pennsylvania: Cases: 55,856 (up from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (same)
Rhode Island: Cases: 7,520 (up from last week) Positivity: 5-7.9% (same)
South Carolina: Cases: 7,010 (down from last week) Positivity: 5-7.9% (same)
South Dakota: Cases: 2,407 (down from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (same)
Tennessee: Cases: 12,607 (down from last week) Positivity: not available
Texas: Cases: 32,844 (down from last week) Positivity: 8-9.9% (up form last week)
Utah: Cases: 7,016 (down from last week) Positivity: 8-9.9% (same)
Vermont: Cases: 5,541 (down from last week) Positivity: 3-4.9% (same)
Virginia: Cases: 21,837 (up from last week) Positivity: 8-9.9% (same)
Washington: 9,917 (up from last week) Positivity: not available
West Virginia: Cases: 7,274 (up from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (same)
Wisconsin: Cases: 30,097 (up from last week) Positivity: 10-14.9% (same)
Wyoming: Cases: 722 (down from last week) Positivity: 5-7.9% (same)

What is the positivity percent?

According to Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the percent positive is exactly what it sounds like: the percentage of all coronavirus tests performed that are actually positive, or: (positive tests)/(total tests) x 100%. The percent positive (sometimes called the “percent positive rate” or “positivity rate”) helps public health officials answer questions such as:

What is the current level of SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) transmission in the community?
Are we doing enough testing for the amount of people who are getting infected?

The percent positive will be high if the number of positive tests is too high, or if the number of total tests is too low. A higher percent positive suggests higher transmission and that there are likely more people with coronavirus in the community who haven’t been tested yet, Johns Hopkins shared.