BATON ROUGE — In only a week, confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in Louisiana have nearly doubled, Louisiana Department of Health data from Thursday shows.

As of Thursday, July 16, there have been 55 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea. No additional hospitalizations have occurred since last week, when LDH reported one person hospitalized with Cyclospora. 

No deaths have occurred from cyclosporiasis.

WBRZ previously reported that the 2026 statistics from the state health department are up from previous years.