4-16-20
Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed an order to keep public schools shuttered through the remainder of the academic year because of the coronavirus. But few details have been provided about how districts should judge student performance with classrooms closed for two months of the school year. And acting Louisiana Superintendent of Education Beth Scioneaux (SEE uh noh) was short on specifics in her appearance with the governor Wednesday. She indicated local school districts would largely be left to determine student readiness for the next grade and methods of distance learning.
THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES IN LOUISIANA INCREASED BY FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE TO A TOTAL OF TWENTY-TWO-THOUSAND-FIVE-THIRTY-TWO. THAT’S AN INCREASE OF TWO-POINT-SIX PERCENT. THERE WERE FIFTY-THREE MORE DEATHS IN LOUISIANA BRINGING THE TOTAL TO ONE THOUSAND FIFTY-SIX. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED IS CONTINUING TO DROP AND NOW THERE ARE FEWER THAN FOUR HUNDRED PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS.
THE NUMBER OF CASES OF CORONAVIRUS INCREASE, ONCE AGAIN, BY THIRTY-THREE. THAT WAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF NEW CASES AS YESTERDAY. THE TOTAL IS NOW ONE THOUSAND ONE FIFTY-NINE. THERE WERE FIVE MORE DEATHS IN ACADIANA. THAT INCLUDED FOUR IN ST. MARY PARISH, WHICH DOUBLED THEIR TOTAL TO EIGHT. ST. LANDRY PARISH HAD ONE MORE DEATH AND NOW HAS THE MOST OF ANY ACADIANA PARISH AT SEVENTEEN. ACADIA PARISH ALSO ADDED ONE DEATH FOR A TOTAL OF SIX. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ADJUSTED DOWN THE TOTAL DEATHS IN IBERIA FROM SIX TO FIVE.
THERE ARE TWENTY-FIVE NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE TOTAL IS NOW FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE. CALCASIEU PARISH HAS REACHED THREE HUNDRED TOTAL CASES. THERE WERE THREE ADDITIONAL DEATHS, ONE EACH IN JEFF DAVIS, ALLEN AND BEAREGARD PARISHES. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUSIANA STANDS AT THIRTY-ONE.
THE LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN ASSISTING WITH RESPONSE EFFORTS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. GERALD GREUNING HAS MORE.
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The Justice Department’s inspector general will conduct remote inspections of Bureau of Prisons facilities after hundreds of federal inmates tested positive for the virus. The review announced Wednesday is intended to ensure the Bureau of Prisons is following best practices to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. More than 450 federal inmates and 280 staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus. Attorney General William Barr recently sent some of his closest advisers to federal prisons identified as coronavirus hot spots, including FCC Oakdale, where six inmates have died.
Republican state senators have blocked an emergency plan to expand early voting and mail-in balloting options for Louisiana’s July presidential primary in response to the coronavirus. GOP Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin ran into a wall of opposition from his fellow Republicans for his proposal. They objected to its broadening of Louisiana’s current allowances for people to vote absentee by mail. Republican lawmakers on a Senate committee voted against Ardoin and stalled the plan.
A WEEK’S WORTH OF LUNCHES AND BREAKFASTS WILL BE HANDED OUT FRIDAY FOR CHILDREN IN ACADIA PARISH. THE THREE O’CLOCK PROJECT AND THE HEALTHY ACADIA ALLIANCE TEAMED UP TO PROVIDE THE TEN MEALS. THE LOCATIONS AND THE TIME FOR PICKUP ARE AS FOLLOWS: OUR LADY OF SACRED HEART CHURCH IN CHURCH POINT BETWEEN NINE-THIRTY AND TEN-FORTY-FIVE FRIDAY MORNING, THE CIVIC CENTER BALLROOM IN RAYNE BETWEEN ELEVEN-FIFTEEN AND TWELVE-FIFTEEN, AND THE RICE FESTIVAL BUILDING IN CROWLEY BETWEEN TWELVE-THIRTY AND ONE THIRTY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A GUARDIAN MAY PICK UP THE MEALS FOR CHILDREN IN NEED.
