Records are made to be broken.
Louisiana reported the highest single-day increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.
There were 6,199 confirmed COVID cases and an additional 3,179 probable COVID cases reported in the Department of Health's noon update.
The 6,199 confirmed cases mark the largest single day increase ever in Louisiana.
Interestingly this is happening within a context of under-reported data be it from increased use of at home tests or just flat out lying by local medical examiners.
In Lafayette Parish, COVID-19 was listed as the underlying cause of death in 134 fatalities in 2020, even though there were 419 “excess deaths” – the number of deaths that exceed a normal, pre-pandemic year. The gap between these two numbers means hundreds more people probably died of COVID-19, researchers said.
Deaths attributed to diseases that are often tied to COVID-19 increased. Deaths at home from hypertensive heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s all increased 30% or more in 2020. Those deaths, especially those that weren’t properly investigated, make up at least some of Lafayette’s missing COVID-19 deaths, according to experts.
Especially concerning are deaths in the community attributed to nonspecific causes, known as “garbage codes.” For example, 40 people in the parish who died at home since 2020 were certified as dead of “heart failure, unspecified.”
Meanwhile it looks like we're back to just waiting to see if it all blows over as a policy response. I saw some city agencies are reimposing mask mandates and the councilmembers are back on Zoom. Everyone else is basically at the mercy of their boss for direction going forward. Hope you don't work for the schools....
Just spoke with a nurse on the Children's Hospital covid testing hotline and she said they are not doing return-to-school tests as they are currently overwhelmed, so don't waste your time trying to get an appt.
— Molly Rouxdolph 🦌 (@hashtagmolly) December 29, 2021
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