BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Department of Health reports 18,683 new COVID-19 cases for the state since Jan. 21. LDH also reports 51 new COVID-19 deaths.

Louisiana COVID-19 Breakdown:

• 18,683 new COVID-19 cases bringing the overall total to 1,127,422
• 51 new COVID-19 deaths bringing the overall total to 15,374
• 2,127 COVID-19 patients are currently in the hospital
• 146 COVID-19 patients are currently on ventilators