The Louisiana Department of Health reported three children died from COVID-19 over the past week, including two who were under five years old.
The third child was between five and 17 years old.
Dr. Joseph Kanter, top medical officer at LDH says we have lost 21 children in our state to COVID-19, many of them not yet eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Officials said the state is still in an Omicron surge.
They added there were nine pediatric deaths during the Delta surge.
The CDC and LDH recommend that everyone 5 years old and above get vaccinated and that everyone 12 years old and above get boosted when they are eligible.
COVID-19 vaccines are widely available at more than 1,000 locations in all of Louisiana’s 64 parishes, including at pharmacies, hospitals, healthcare clinics and doctor’s offices.
For a list of locations visit ldh.la.gov/covidvaccine or text your ZIP code to GETVAX (438829). You can find testing site locations and hours at ldh.la.gov/covidtesting or you can call 211 to find a site near you.
