COVID hospitalizations in Louisiana dropped by 90 today, with 1,431 patients statewide.
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 1,663 new cases today, bringing the total case count to 723,458.
Forty-eight new deaths in Louisiana brings the state's total to 13,366 who have died from COVID-19.
The state reports 2,347,621 have initiated the COVID vaccine series. That is 50.4 percent of the state's population as reported in the 2020 Census.