4-8-20
THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES IN LOUISIANA HAVE ECLIPSED SIXTEEN THOUSAND. THERE WERE ONE THOUSAND, FOUR-HUNDRED-SEVENTEEN NEW CASES YESTERDAY, A NINE-POINT-FIVE PERCENT INCREASE. LOUISIANA SAW SEVENTY MORE DEATHS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS. THAT BRINGS THE STATE’S TOTAL TO FIVE-HUNDRED-EIGHTY-TWO. GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS SAYS THAT LOUISIANA COULD BE FLATTENING THE TRAJECTORY OF NEW CASES AND CREDITED HIS STAY-AT-HOME ORDER THAT WAS INSTITUTED MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AGO.
THERE WERE FORTY-FIVE NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN ACADIANA YESTERDAY. THAT’S A NEARLY SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE DAY BEFORE. THE TOTAL IS NOW SEVEN-HUNDRED-TWENTY-TWO. THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL DEATH IN LAFAYETTE PARISH FOR A TOTAL OF TWENTY-THREE DEATHS IN ACADIANA PARISHES. YESTERDAY, CROWLEY MAYOR TIM MONCEAUX ANNOUNCED THE CLOSURE OF ALL PUBLIC PARKS IN THE CITY. HE SAYS THE PUBLIC MAY USE THE SIDEWALKS AROUND THE PARKS.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA SAW A FIFTEEN PERCENT INCREASE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES. THE TOTAL IN THOSE PARISHES AS OF NOON TODAY IS TWO HUNDRED NINETY-THREE. THAT INCLUDES 38 NEW CASES. CAMERON PARISH FOR THE FIRST TIME HAS A CORONAVIRUS CASE. THE TOTAL OF DEATHS IN THAT REGION REMAINS AT NINE.
A NEW DRIVE THRU SCREENING AND TESTING SITE HAS BEEN OPENED IN CROWLEY. TESTINGS WILL BE OFFERED AT 576 NORTH AVENUE G, NOT FAR FROM THE COURTHOUSE. IT WILL BE OPENED FROM NINE TO FIVE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND FROM NINE TO NOON ON FRIDAYS, EXCEPT FOR THIS FRIDAY BECAUSE IT’S GOOD FRIDAY. YOU MUST PROVIDE YOUR I-D AND INSURANCE CARDS.
Louisiana is releasing more information about its coronavirus deaths that shows the virus’s victims are disproportionately black and two-thirds of those who have died suffered with high blood pressure. The new data is being released by Louisiana’s health department. It gives a glimpse of who is most at risk of dying from the COVID-19 disease caused by the virus in a state deemed one of the nation’s most unhealthy. African Americans account for one-third of Louisiana’s population, but they represent more than 70% of the state’s deaths from the COVID-19 disease caused by the virus.
LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE THE BED CAPACITY TO DEAL WITH A POTENTIAL SURGE IN COVID NINETEEN CASES, IF NEED BE. GERALD GREUNIG REPORTS.
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LOUISIANA SENATORS JOHN KENNEDY AND BILL CASSIDY AND CONGRESSMAN MIKE JOHNSON HAVE ASKED THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS TO TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE COVID NINETEEN OUTBREAK AT THE FEDERAL PRISON IN OAKDALE. FOUR INMATES HAVE DIED DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM COVID-NINETEEN. JOHNSON SAYS THE SITUATION IS UNACCEPTABLE AND THE BUREAU MUST TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT THE PRISON POPULATION AND STAFF AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. THE ACLU FILED A LAWSUIT EARLIER THIS WEEK AGAINST THE OAKDALE FEDERAL DENTENTION CENTER AND THE BUREAU OF PRISONS SEEKING THE RELEASE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK.
HOME SALES IN ACADIANA FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ECLIPSED LAST YEAR’S SALES, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED BY MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICES. IT’S MOSTLY DUE TO A TORRID START IN JANUARY WHEN THERE WERE FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO SALES COMPARED TO THREE HUNDRED FOURTEEN LAST YEAR. FEBRUARY AND MARCH WERE CLOSER TO BREAK EVEN. OVERALL, THERE WERE ONE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY ONE HOME SALES IN ACADIANA FROM JANUARY THROUGH MARCH, NEARLY ONE HUNDRED FIFTY AHEAD OF LAST YEAR.
