4-10-20
ANOTHER ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THREE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS WERE ADDED TO THE LATEST DAILY REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THERE ARE NEARLY EIGHTEEN THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED CASES TOTAL, A SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE. HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP SLIGHTLY BUT THE USE OF VENTILATORS DECLINED. THERE WERE AN ADDITIONAL FIFTY DEATHS AS THE TOTAL EXCEEDS SEVEN HUNDRED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THERE WERE SIXTY-FIVE NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN ACADIANA. THAT’S A NEARLY EIGHT PERCENT INCREASE OVER WEDNESDAY’S NUMBERS. THE TOTAL IS NOW EIGHT-HUNDRED-FIFTY-NINE. THE WERE SIX MORE DEATHS IN ACADIANA FOR A TOTAL OF THIRTY-ONE. ST. MARTIN PARISH HAD TWO MORE DEATHS WHILE LAFAYETTE, ACADIA, AND IBERIA PARISHES HAD ONE ADDITIONAL DEATHS EACH. ST. MARY PARISH RECORDED THEIR FIRST DEATH.
THERE ARE NOW THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO CASES OF CORONOVIRUS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THERE ARE TWENTY-FOUR ADDITIONAL CASES REFLECTING AN EIGHT PERCENT INCREASE. JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH RECORDED ONE ADDITIONAL DEATH FOR A TOTAL OF TWO. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IS NOW AT TWELVE.
Gov. John Bel Edwards says he’s likely to keep Louisiana’s public schools shuttered for the rest of the school year because of the coronavirus. Edwards’ school closure order remains in place through the end of April. Louisiana’s top education board, school superintendents and school boards have sent requests to the Democratic governor. They’ve asked him to extend the closures through the end of the school year, which runs until the final weeks of May.
LOURDES URGENT CARE WILL BEGIN SCREENING LAFAYETTE AREA RESIDENTS STARTING TODAY. GERALD GREUNIG HAS MORE.
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STORMS THAT BLEW THROUGH ACADIANA LAST NIGHT KNOCKED DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES IN VARIOUS AREAS. OPELOUSAS POLICE REPORT NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ONE WOMAN’S VEHICLE WAS HIT BY A TREE AS SHE DROVE DOWN MAIN STREET, BUT SHE WAS UNINJURED. ANOTHER WOMAN WAS TRAPPED IN HER HOUSE, ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM KATC, WHEN A TREE FELL ON IT, BUT SHE EVENTUALLY ESCAPED UNHARMED.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE AND THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAVE SEEN A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF EMERGENCY CALLS SINCE THE GOVERNOR STARTED THE STAY AT HOME ORDER. POLICE CHIEF SHAWN CALDWELL SAYS OVERALL CALLS FOR MARCH WERE DOWN SIXTEEN PERCENT AND THE NUMBER OF CRASHES DROPPED BY THIRTY-SEVEN PERCENT. HOWEVER, THOSE NUMBERS WERE MORE THAN DOUBLED THE WEEK OF MARCH TWENTY-SECOND WHEN THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER WENT INTO EFFECT. SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS THEY’VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN VEHICLE BURGLARIES AND RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES DECREASED AS WELL.
SOME RESIDENTS IN NEW IBERIA HAVE BEEN PUTTING UP HOMEMADE CROSSES IN THEIR YARDS AND HOMES THIS EASTER WEEK. PASTOR DAVID DENTON OF HIGHLAND BAPTIST ENCOURAGED HIS CONGREGATION THIS WEEK TO BUILD THE CROSSES USING WHATEVER MATERIALS THEY HAD AT HAND. THEY THEN POST PHOTOS OF THE CROSSES ON SOCIAL MEDIA USING THE HASHTAG PROJECT CROSS. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN URGING OTHER COMMUNTIES TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT.
