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4-14-20

GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS SAID MONDAY THAT HE WILL BE ORDERING PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO REMAIN CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.  SPEAKING TO THE PRESS IN MONROE, HE SAID HE WILL ISSUE A PROCLAMATION LATER THIS WEEK.  EDWARDS SAYS STUDENTS WILL NOT HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR MISSED TIME.  STATE EDUCATION LEADERS HAVE SAID EDUCATION WILL CONTINUE AS WELL AS MEALS FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO RELY ON THEM.

 

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says “it’s just too early to know” when the state can begin loosening social distancing mandates. He responded to a question Monday about President Donald Trump’s eagerness to reopen businesses shut down to prevent the spread of COVID-19. He said rates of growth in serious corona-virus infections continue to improve, but he cautioned that there were signs that many residents did not stick to home on the Easter weekend, and he said social distancing must continue to avoid a spike in cases. The number of Louisiana deaths related to COVID-19 now stands at 884.

 

THERE WERE THIRTY-SIX ADDITIONAL CORONAVIRUS CASES IN ACADIANA.

THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO ONE THOUSAND, SEVENTY.  THAT’S A THREE PERCENT INCREASE OVER YESTERDAY.  FORTY-EIGHT PEOPLE IN THIS REGION HAVE DIED FROM COVID-NINETEEN.  THAT INCLUDES ONE ADDITIONAL DEATH IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, WHERE THE TOTAL IS NOW FOURTEEN.  THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS IN ACADIANA DROPPED FROM ONE HUNDRED THREE ON THURSDAY TO EIGHTY-FIVE ON MONDAY.

 

DOCTOR TINA STEFANSKI, THE REGIONAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR ACADIANA, SAYS THE RATE OF INFECTIONS IS FLATTENING, WHICH INDICATES THAT SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL DISTANCING IS WORKING.  SHE SAYS THE MODELS SUGGEST THAT ACADIANA HAS NOT REACHED ITS PEAK OF CORONAVIRUS CASES, IF A PEAK EVEN OCCURS.  STEFANSKI SAYS ACADIANA MAY SEE A GRADUAL RISE IN CASES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS FOLLOWED BY A SLOW DECLINE.  SHE SAYS THAT, RIGHT NOW, HOSPITALS ARE STILL SEEING A STEADY STREAM OF PATIENTS WITH COVID-NINETEEN BEING ADMITTED.

 

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA NOW HAS OVER FOUR HUNDRED NINETEEN CASES OF CORONOVIRUS.  THERE WERE NO NEW DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.  THE TOTAL STANDS AT TWENTY-FOUR.

 

THE FIRST DRIVE THRU COVID NINETEEN SCREENING SITE IN ACADIANA IS NO LONGER NEEDED, SO WEDNESDAY IS ITS LAST DAY.WILL BE ITS LAST DAY OF OPERATION.  GERALD GRUENIG HAS MORE.

 

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Prisoner rights advocates say the Bureau of Prisons is “slow walking” the release of federal inmates at an Oakdale lock-up, where the coronavirus has killed six prisoners and infected dozens of others. The American Civil Liberties Union urged a federal judge Monday to release hundreds of vulnerable inmates at FCC Oakdale to home confinement. It says the government has done too little and is taking too long to address the pandemic. The head of the Bureau of Prisons told CNN over the weekend that he was “proud to say we’re doing pretty good.”

 

THERE WAS A TWO VEHICLE CRASH JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF KAPLAN LAST NIGHT IN WHICH ONE PERSON WAS KILLED.  THE CRASH HAPPENED AFTER TEN LAST NIGHT ON L-A 14 NEAR HUCKLEBERRY ROAD.  THREE OTHER PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.  THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.