3-31-20
Gov. John Bel Edwards says he will extend Louisiana’s “stay at home” order through the end of April. Edwards said Monday that he was doing so to match President Donald Trump’s most recent guidance. That will keep schools closed, nonessential businesses shuttered, restaurants limited to delivery and takeout and gatherings above 10 people banned.
THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES IN LOUISIANA TOOK A BIG JUMP YESTERDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 485 CASES PUSHES THE TOTAL OVER FOUR THOUSAND IN THE STATE. THERE ARE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE DEATHS, A FATALITY RATE OF FOUR-POINT-SIX PERCENT, WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. LAFAYETTE SAW A BIG JUMP TO EIGHTY-TWO, UP FROM FIFTY YESTERDAY. ST. MARTIN PARISH HAS TWENTY CASES, AN INCREASE OF SEVEN. IBERIA HAS GONE FROM ELEVEN CASES TO EIGHTEEN, WHILE ST. LANDRY IS UP TO FIFTEEN, A FIFTY PERCENT INCREASE, AND THEY HAD THEIR FIRST DEATH. ACADIA PARISH HAS ELEVEN CASES, ST. MARY PARISH HAS TEN. EVANGELINE PARISH DOUBLED TO EIGHT AND VERMILLION PARISH HAS THREE.
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, CALCASIEU PARISH ADDED SEVEN NEW CASES TO BRING THE TOTAL TO FORTY-TWO. ALLEN PARISH IS NEXT WITH ELEVEN CASES. BEAUREGARD PARISH HAS FIVE CASES AND JEFF DAVIS HAS THREE. CAMERON PARISH IS ONE OF FIVE PARISHES IN THE STATE WITHOUT A CORONAVIRUS CASE.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE ARE NEARLY ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND CASES. OUT OF THOSE THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE HAVE DIED, WHILE OVER FIFTY-FIVE HUNDRED HAVE RECOVERED.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SCREENING SITES IN ACADIANA. HERE’S CAROLINE MARCELLO WITH THE DETAILS.
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ACADIANA HOSPITALS ARE BEGINNING TO FEEL THE STRAIN FROM HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE CORONAVIRUS. CASES. THE REGIONS’ PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR TINA STEFANSKI SAYS MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE WITH COVID-NINETEEN ARE BEING TREATED IN LOCAL HOSPITALS. THE NUMBERS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH ARE MORE THAN NINE TIMES LARGER THAN ONE WEEK AGO. STEFANSKI SAYS ACADIANA IS A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEHIND NEW ORLEANS, BUT LOCAL OFFICIALS HOPE THAT, WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING, THE NUMBERS WON’T BE AS BAD.
THE ACADIA PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS SWITCHING THE WAY IT PROVIDES MEALS FOR STUDENTS DURING THE CORONOVIRUS CRISIS. INSTEAD OF GRAB AND GO MEALS, THE NEW PROGRAM WILL DELIVER MEALS TO THE STUDENT’S DOORSTEP FOR FREE. A BOX WITH TEN BREAKFASTS AND TEN LUNCHES WILL BE DELIVERED TO EACH STUDENT ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT. PARENTS ARE ASKED TO ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN BEFORE FIVE P-M TOMORROW.
OVER THE WEEKEND, A PRISONER AT THE FEDERAL PRISON IN OAKDALE DIED FROM THE CORONAVIRUS. YESTERDAY THE BUREAU OF FEDERAL PRISONS ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WERE TEN CONFIMRED CASES IN THE FACILITY. OF THE TEN, SEVEN ARE INMATES AND THREE ARE STAFF MEMBERS. ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST, AT LEAST SIXTY INMATES ARE BEING QUARANTINED.
