The Louisiana Department of Health has reported another sharp rise in the number of coronavirus cases. The state has 1,172 positive cases, an increase from 335 the day before. 34 have died from the virus and 41 of the state’s 64 parishes are reporting COVID-19 cases.

A Louisiana professor has determined the Bayou State has the fastest growth rates of confirmed COVID-19 in the world. Brooke Thorington more.
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As we told you in the first segment the state health department says 34 Louisiana residents have died from COVID-10. East Baton Rouge Coroner Beau Clark says his office has investigated its first two fatalities. One of the victims was a 90-year-old Mississippi resident who died at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. Clark says the second victim was a 44-year-old female from Baton Rouge who had underlying health issues. He says she went to the hospital with complaints of shortness of breath and died on Sunday…
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Many businesses are closed today as a result of the governor’s stay at home order that runs through April 13th. National Federation of Independent Business Director Dawn Starns says 76-percent of the small businesses they’ve surveyed are negatively impacted by the outbreak, over half say they’ve seen sales dip…
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