Stefanski: Expect coronavirus to peak in summer
Although the number of confirmed coronavirus cases appears to be leveling, the latest models from state government show a peak of cases, at least in the Acadiana area, this summer.
Although the number of confirmed coronavirus cases appears to be leveling, the latest models from state government show a peak of cases, at least in the Acadiana area, this summer.
Harvard University epidemiologists are warning that eradicating COVID-19 from the United States may take a lot longer than anyone wants to hear.
Thanks started when Deborah Sternberg wanted to turn the number 19 on its head.
“I understand the need to focus on the numbers associated with the pandemic,” Sternberg said. “But I wondered if we could turn COVID-19 on its head a bit.”
As of Monday morning, the Louisiana Workforce Commission announced it had made “one-day” payments totaling almost $90 million to Louisiana residents who had their work hours reduced because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Louisiana Department of Health is attributing 16 deaths in St. Landry Parish to COVID-19.
As of noon Wednesday there has been 116 cases of the virus in the parish.
An Easter weekend news conference in Opelousas was about telling people to stay home during a time when family and friends normally gather.
Schools will remain closed for the rest of the academic year to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. John Bel Edwards said on Monday.
Edwards ordered schools closed on March 16.
As Louisiana's Corona virus numbers had seemed to be leveling, suddenly the state Tuesday posted the largest one-day spike in deaths, an additional 129, breaking above 1,000 in Louisiana's COVID-19 fatalities at 1,013.
Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday he will grant the state school board’s request to close school buildings for the rest of the school year.
Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a statement as Louisiana’s death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 1,000 on Tuesday.