NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — More than 14,500 people have died from COVID-19 in Louisiana.
The Louisiana Department of Health is reporting 770 new cases over the weekend.
An additional 10 deaths were also reported, which puts the current death total for the state at 14,506.
The total number of cases statewide is now 757,739.
There are currently 310 infected people hospitalized, and 53 of those patients are on ventilators.
The total number of vaccine doses administered is 4,482,319 while the number of completed vaccine series is 2,189,636 (as of Oct. 25).
According to the LDH, 82 percent of the cases verified from Oct. 14-20 are attributed to people unvaccinated, as are 76 percent of the deaths and 87 percent of the hospitalizations during that same time span.
