Louisiana now has 347 diagnosed cases of the new coronavirus, with the majority of the cases in New Orleans, state health officials said Thursday morning. Eight people have died in the state from the disease.

The numbers climbed from Wednesday night, when 280 cases were reported.

The state lab has completed 805 tests, the Louisiana Department of Health said at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Commercial lab tests are not included in the total, but their positive results are counted as cases.

The eighth death was reported in St. James Parish late Wednesday night. The patient was a 60-year-old resident of the parish, LDH said.

St. James Parish first coronavirus patient dies; Louisiana death toll at 8 St. James Parish officials announced late Wednesday that a patient at St. James Parish Hospital has died from coronavirus.

Five deaths have been reported during the coronavirus crisis at Lambeth House, an Uptown retirement home that has the state's only known "cluster" of cases. As of Thursday, 13 residents and one staffer had tested positive. Family members believe one of the residents who died Wednesday had COVID-19, but he was not tested.

Parish-by-parish breakdown

Cases have been reported in 17 of 64 parishes, with the majority in the New Orleans area. Here's where the cases were as of 9:30 a.m. Thursday:

Orleans: 231 (6 deaths)

Jefferson: 62 (1 death)

St. Tammany: 10

Caddo: 7

East Baton Rouge: 5

Lafourche: 4

St. Charles: 4

Terrebonne: 4

St. Bernard: 4

Ascension: 2

Bossier: 2

Lafayette: 2

St. John the Baptist: 2

Washington: 2

Plaquemines: 1

St. James: 1 (1 death)

West Baton Rouge: 1

Other: 3 other residents tested positive but their place of residence is unknown

The state releases the most recent test results at 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. daily via its website.

See our full tracking map of coronavirus in Louisiana.

Gov. John Bel Edwards will have a news conference at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Reporter John Simerman contributed to this story.

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