After a stay in a local hospital due to COVID-19 that lasted over a month, State Senator Andre Jacque has been released. In mid-August, Jacque was placed on a ventilator and according to a statement from Jacque’s office, he has a ways to go as he continues respiratory and occupational therapy but is breathing well and making substantial progress toward regaining his health. 

Jacque has not confirmed whether or not he had been vaccinated for COVID-19, but after his hospitalization, his wife Renee made a plea encouraging others to get vaccinated. Jacque’s illness was part of a family outbreak, in which five of their eight family members tested positive for the virus.