4-29-20
THERE ARE ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE MORE DEATHS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS IN LOUISIANA TODAY, PUSHING THE TOTAL TO OVER EIGHTEEN HUNDRED. ALSO THE NUMBER OF OVERALL CASES TOOK A BIG JUMP, INCREASING BY FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-TWO TO TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, SIX-HUNDRED-SIXTY. THERE IS GOOD NEWS HOWEVER, AS THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED CONTINUES ON A DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY. THERE ARE FIFTY-FOUR FEWER PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS AND EIGHTEEN LESS ON VENTILATORS.
THERE ARE SIXTEEN MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN ACADIANA. THE TOTAL IS NOW ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT. THERE ARE THREE MORE DEATHS IN ACADIANA, FOR A TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR.
THE SOUTHWEST REGION OF LOUISIANA HAS TEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES. THE TOTAL IS FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT. THERE WAS ONLY ONE MORE DEATH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, WHICH WAS IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA STANDS AT FORTY-SEVEN.
WHEN THE GOVERNOR EXTENDED HIS STAY-AT-HOME ORDER FOR LOUISIANA TO MAY FIFTEENTH, HE CITED THREE PROBLEM AREAS IN THE STATE INCLUDING ACADIANA. LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY SAYS HE WAS SURPRISED ACADIANA WAS INCLUDED BUT WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS, IT MADE MORE SENSE. THE REGIONAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR ACADIANA, DR. TINA STEFANSKI, SAYS OVERALL THE NUMBERS ARE TRENDING DOWNWARD FOR THE REGION, BUT THERE ARE SOME VARIABILITIES IN THOSE NUMBERS. SHE SAYS THAT VARIABILITY COULD BE FROM CLUSTERS SUCH AS AT NURSING HOMES OR FROM PEOPLE GATHERING, BUT SHE’S NOT CERTAIN.
Louisiana voters will have more early voting time and expanded mail-in balloting options in the July and August elections because of the coronavirus outbreak. The emergency elections plan submitted by Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin won legislative passage in a 31-8 Senate vote and a 62-39 House vote. Results were released Monday night. Lawmakers aren’t currently in session, so they voted by email and faxed ballots.
FOOD NET IS DELIVERING PACKAGES TO THOSE IN NEED IN ALL EIGHT ACADIANA PARISHES. GERALD GREUNIG HAS MORE.
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THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK ARE HOSTING A FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENT IN LAKE CHARLES. DENISE DUREL OF THE UNITED WAY SAYS BOXES OF PERISHABLE AND NONPERISHABLE FOODS WILL BE HANDED OUT ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS FROM ELEVEN A-M TO ONE P-M IN THE PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF HOME GOODS AT THE PRIEN LAKE MALL. SHE SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT EACH BOX CONTAINS THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT THREE MEALS. DUREL SAYS TO EXPECT IN THE FUTURE MORE POP UP DISTRIBUTION EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
A TANK HOLDING OIL ON OLD SPANISH TRAIL IN ACADIA PARISH CAUGHT FIRE AFTER IT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. THE TANK IS LOCATED BETWEEN MIDLAND AND MORSE. FIRE CREWS WERE ABLE TO GET THE FIRE OUT. CREWS ARE STILL ON THE SCENE.
