The state reported 54-hundred new COVID cases today and for the third day in a row recording-breaking hospitalizations at 2,350. 33 new fatalities from the virus were also reported. On a positive note, now more than 2-million have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
LSU Board Chairman Robert Dampf says the school is legally prohibited from mandating students take the COVID vaccine. Matt Doyle has the story.
Ochsner Health CEO Warner Thomas says according to a tracking system they use for non-hospitalized patients he doesn’t see COVID case numbers letting up anytime soon. The system allows them to stay in contact with COVID patients who are recovering at home to see if their symptoms worsen and need to be admitted.
Moderna has joined Pfizer in pushing for the FDA and CDC to back giving fully vaccinated individuals a third booster shot, in an effort to fight the Delta variant. Tulane School of Public Health Epidemiologist Dr. Susan Hassig says the vaccines have proven to be highly effective at significantly reducing the chance of a severe infection…