LDH updates reduces Lafayette COVID-19 numbers

Louisiana department of health have recently reduced lafayette parish covid 19 testing numbers...thats right... adjusting procedures for more accuracy and we have news 1's hannah st claire live in front of lafayette consolidated government to tell us more.... hannah hannah talkes about new procedures that are reducing lafayette parish covid-19 testing numbers.... have the two major hospital systems most here- bigger hospitals are here so- if those tests- that were conducted were being.

Associated with lafayette parish which is why you saw the number at around seventeen thousand before friday.

Well what happened was the lesion apartment of health.

Right now is this state they may contain some adjustments to their system and they re assign those tasks to the per parish of residence- for the person that was tested so.

That's why you're saying the number of people tested lafayette parish go down and the number in surrounding parishes go up a bit because they were redistributed they also found some duplications statewide that they got rid of as well.

So it doesn't really affect anything the number of positive cases does remain the same but that is that's why we had those numbers- for testing.

Now what should people be concerned at all- is this going to be like a big issue moving forward.

The reassignment of numbers in itself is not a big issue some people are concerned that got.

It affects the ratio of- positive.

Said number people testing went from about 2% of.

Over five percent.

We're still well below that 10% threshold.

So people should be concerned about this virus and should still.

Have practice effective social distancing.

And those other measures put in place and they were expecting today to hear from the governor there might be some some.

Changes coming to his order so we'll have to see.

Awesome thank you so much jamie we're going to send it back to you guys in the studio but make sure you stay