The teen’s death is the first death reported in Louisiana under the age of 36.

NEW ORLEANS (WWL-TV) — Louisiana health officials say a 17-year-old patient from Orleans Parish has died from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.

New information released by the Louisiana Department of Health only listed the teen’s age and the parish where they lived. It did not identify the teen or say if they had any pre-existing medical conditions.

The teen’s death is the first death reported in Louisiana under the age of 36.

In total, 83 people have died from COVID-19 in Louisiana as of March 26. There have been 2,305 cases reported. The LDH says 676 patients are hospitalized due to the disease, of those 239 need ventilators.

Orleans and Jefferson parishes lead the state in number of confirmed cases and deaths. As of Wednesday, 1455 cases and 58 deaths have been reported in those two parishes alone.

For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illnesses including pneumonia. The vast majority of people are expected to recover from the virus.

Louisiana is scrambling to ready makeshift hospitals and track down ventilators as the steady uptick of coronavirus cases continue. Increased testing capacity in the state is demonstrating what officials feared: a ballooning number of infected people that remains among the highest per-capita rate in the nation.