Now, the state has 33 presumptive positive cases for the coronavirus. New cases in the St. Tammany , St Charles, St. Bernard, and Terrebonne Parishes. As for testing US Surgeon General Jerome Adams says once samples get to a testing lab, there is a need to slow down the process so all the wells in a test kit will not be used up.
At least four people in three different southeastern states have tested positive for COVID-19 after attending Mardi Gras events in New Orleans according to various authorities. The Arkansas Department of Health says their first presumptive case patient likely contracted the virus during carnival events. In Shelby County, Tennessee, Health Department officials say two people tested positive after their trip and the Montgomery County, Texas, Public Health District says a woman in her 40s is presumed positive as well from her Mardi Gras trip.
Louisiana Department of Health is now working with the statewide 211 network to answer questions about the coronavirus outbreak. Office of Public Health Assistant Secretary Alex Billioux says the service can be used to debunk misleading information about the virus that may be spreading on social media.
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There is also a text alert system available by texting LACOVID, all one word, to 898-211
All SEC sports have been canceled through March 30th at all member schools, and spring sports championships are set to be pushed back. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says it wasn’t easy to cancel the SEC Basketball Tournament. He says some of the students playing won’t have another chance to win one…
Automatic full ticket refunds will be made by March 31st for all sports.