Legendary Saints kicker Tom Dempsey is reportedly positive for COVID-19. Dempsey had been living at Lambeth House, a nursing home in New Orleans that was one of the earliest reported hubs for coronavirus activity, and now one of 28 nursing homes in the state to get the virus. Dempsey is best known for his, at the time, record breaking 63-yard field goal in 1970 that lifted the Saints over the Lions.

ESPN reportedly offers Saints QB Drew Brees the Monday Night Football analyst position once he retires from the NFL. Brees recently signed a two year contract with the team.

In more Brees news, the QB recently posted about taking long nature hikes during the COVID-19 shutdown, including one where he ran into a rattlesnake. Coach Sean Payton shot back that he should pick a new trail.

The NCAA is reportedly set to vote on potentially offering spring athletes who lost their season due to COVID-19 an extra year of eligibility today.

In a podcast that can be found on the Saints website, General Manager Mickey Loomis says he’s surprised the team was able to re-sign defensive tackle David Onyemata and left guard Andrus Peat.

Loomis says the key to what he believes has been a successful free agency period is that Q-B Drew Brees re-signed on a salary cap friendly

deal

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ESPN is reporting that the SEC is allowing its football coaches to have two hours of virtual instruction and video conferencing per week. That includes film review. It’s an attempt to make up for the loss of spring football. But ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit says he would be shocked if we have an NFL or college football season this fall.

1,158 Louisianans are now hospitalized with COVID-19, and 385 of them are on ventilators as statewide cases cross the 4,000 mark. 185 people have now died due to coronavirus related causes, an increase of 34 in the past 24 hours. Governor John Bel Edwards says by the end of this week the New Orleans area could reach its ventilator capacity. Edwards says he’ll likely extend his stay-at-home order beyond April 13th as Louisiana ranks second in the nation in per capita deaths related to COVID-19….

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Attorney General Jeff Landry announces a donation of 400,000 hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets to the state. Landry says it is vital to have this drug on hand for medical professionals, not only to possibly treat COVID-19 patients, but to defend themselves.

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President Donald Trump has extended the nation’s social distancing guidelines that were set to expire today for another month through April 30th. Senator Bill Cassidy says the restrictions will likely extend into May, unless the curve is flatten or scientists discover a treatment. Over 11-hundred COVID-19 patients are hospitalized. Cassidy very concerned about the state’s energy-producing companies
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After a two-week break, LSU’s spring semester resumes today, but all classes have been moved online. English Professor Kevin Cope says the transition to online learning has gone about well as it could considering the short notice, but LSU was not fully prepared to make the jump.
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LSU’s campus is currently set to stay closed at least through the end of May.

Legendary Saints kicker Tom Dempsey is reportedly positive for COVID-19. Dempsey had been living at Lambeth House, a nursing home in New Orleans that was one of the earliest reported hubs for coronavirus activity, and now one of 28 nursing homes in the state to get the virus. Dempsey is best known for his, at the time, record breaking 63-yard field goal in 1970 that lifted the Saints over the Lions.

ESPN reportedly offers Saints QB Drew Brees the Monday Night Football analyst position once he retires from the NFL. Brees recently signed a two year contract with the team.

In more Brees news, the QB recently posted about taking long nature hikes during the COVID-19 shutdown, including one where he ran into a rattlesnake. Coach Sean Payton shot back that he should pick a new trail.

The NCAA is reportedly set to vote on potentially offering spring athletes who lost their season due to COVID-19 an extra year of eligibility today.

In a podcast that can be found on the Saints website, General Manager Mickey Loomis says he’s surprised the team was able to re-sign defensive tackle David Onyemata and left guard Andrus Peat.

Loomis says the key to what he believes has been a successful free agency period is that Q-B Drew Brees re-signed on a salary cap friendly

deal

Cut 18  (25) “…compeitive team.”   

ESPN is reporting that the SEC is allowing its football coaches to have two hours of virtual instruction and video conferencing per week. That includes film review. It’s an attempt to make up for the loss of spring football. But ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit says he would be shocked if we have an NFL or college football season this fall.

Attorney General Jeff Landry announces a donation of 400,000 hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets from Amneal Pharmaceuticals to the state. The drug has been identified as a possible treatment for COVID-19, which Landry says has created a high demand.

Cut 6 (11) “…that supply crunch.”

The medication will be part of clinical studies with LSU’s medical school.
Governor John Bel Edwards says by the end of this week the New Orleans area could reach its ventilator capacity and out of bed space by April 10th. The state health department reports about 400 patients are currently using the machines to help COVID-19 patients breathe. Edwards says one-thousand hospital beds will be ready within a week inside the convention center.

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President Donald Trump has extended the nation’s social distancing guidelines that were set to expire today for another month through April 30th. Senator Bill Cassidy says the restrictions will likely extend into May, unless the curve is flattening or scientists discover a treatment. Over 11-hundred COVID-19 patients are hospitalized. Cassidy says hospitals are doing what they can to keep up with the surge in cases

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After a two-week break, LSU’s spring semester resumes today, but all classes have been moved online. English Professor Kevin Cope says there will be something lost in the translation to online for all students, but he expects those in traditional liberal arts classes will fare best, while…

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34 Louisianans died from COVID-19 in the last day, bringing the state’s total up to 185 total COVID related deaths. Death totals are increasing across the nation, and hospitals are desperate to find an effective treatment for the disease. One potential treatment has been identified as hydroxychloroquine, and 400,000 tablets of the treatment have been donated to the state…

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President Donald Trump has extended the nation’s social distancing guidelines that were set to expire today for another month through April 30th. Senator Bill Cassidy says the restrictions will likely extend into May unless the curve is flattening or scientists discover a treatment

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The state health department reported an additional 485 coronavirus cases today, bringing the total number of positive cases to just over four-thousand.

Governor John Bel Edwards says by the end of this week the New Orleans region could reach its ventilator capacity. The state health department reports about 400 patients are currently using the machines to help COVID-19 patients breathe. Edwards says they are seeking over 12-thousand ventilators

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Edwards says the New Orleans area could run out of bed space by April 10th.

1,158 Louisianans are now hospitalized with COVID-19, and 385 of them are on ventilators as statewide positive confirmed cases cross the 4,000 mark. 185 people have now died due to coronavirus related causes, an increase of 34 in the past 24 hours, and nearly 500 new cases have been reported in that same time period. 28 nursing homes now have reported cases of COVID-19.

Governor Edwards says they’re doing everything they can to prepare for a peak…

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Louisiana has become a COVID-19 hotspot, ranking in the top three locations in the nation for confirmed cases of the illness, and number two in per capita deaths linked to the virus. Attorney General Jeff Landry with the number of cases exploding locally, LSU’s medical school has received approval to begin clinical testing of hydroxychloroquine, a potential treatment for COVID-19

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He also announced Louisiana has received 400,000 hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets from a donation.

After a two-week break, LSU’s spring semester resumes today, but all classes have been moved online. English Professor Kevin Cope says LSU was not exactly prepared to transition all it’s courses online, but they’re doing the best they can. Cope says the school has not been able to invest in its online capabilities due to chronic underfunding of state schools.

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Louisiana now has over 4,000 confirmed coronavirus cases sees 34 new deaths and 485 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours. Governor Edwards says, unfortunately, that shows Louisiana has not yet begun to flatten the curve of new coronavirus cases, and that likely means he will have to extend the statewide stay at home order that was set to expire April 13^th. Edwards says we’re second in the nation in per capita COVID-19 linked deaths.

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Attorney General Jeff Landry celebrates news that the state is receiving 400,000 tablets of hydroxychloroquine, a possible COVID-19 treatment he says could help keep our frontline healthcare workers in the fight…

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LSU students return to school today for the first time in two weeks, but they won’t be on campus as all classes have been moved online for the semester. English Lit Professor Kevin Cope says the transition to online learning has gone about well as it could considering the short notice, but LSU was not fully prepared to make the jump.

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Cope says those in traditional liberal arts classes will likely fare the best under the new online-only curriculum, and those in lab heavy courses, as well as those in sociology, education, and social work will likely lose the most in the transition.

1,127 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Louisiana, and many still are hospitalized with coronavirus symptoms and awaiting test results. That problem is particularly acute in New Orleans where current projections have the region running out of hospital beds by April 10^th. To combat that Governor Edwards says a makeshift hospital is going up inside the New Orleans Convention Center with over a thousand beds…

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The region is also set to run out of ventilators by the end of the week.

Attorney General Jeff Landry announces a donation of 400,000 hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets from Amneal Pharmaceuticals to the state. The drug has been identified as a possible treatment for COVID-19 and is in high demand…

Cut 6 (11) “…that supply crunch.”

After a two-week break, LSU’s spring semester resumes today, but all classes have been moved online. English Professor Kevin Cope says there will be something lost in the translation to online for all students, but he expects those in traditional liberal arts classes will fare best, while…

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The campus has been closed to all but the few students who couldn’t leave and are at the dorms, and essential staff.

28-year-old Cecil Spencer and Clifton Smith have been charged for organizing and leading a 100 person second line through New Orleans over the weekend in defiance of the Governor’s ban on large gatherings. Mayor Latoya Cantrell says people participating in similar incidents going forward will be charged as well.

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Similar large gatherings were reported in Madisonville, Springfield, and Central.

Governor John Bel Edwards says by the end of this week the state could reach its ventilator capacity. The state health department reports about 400 patients are currently using the machines to help COVID-19 patients breathe. Edwards says they are seeking over 12-thousand ventilators…
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Edwards is hopeful that the next time the federal government allocates ventilators, Louisiana will receive a portion of that allocation.

With new hospital restrictions limiting visitors due to the coronavirus outbreak, some expectant mothers are reaching out to midwives. Kyra Kana (Con-yah) of The Natural Birth House in Broussard says they’ve seen an increase in demand.
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Herd immunity could be a weapon in the fight against COVID-19. People who recover from the coronavirus build up antibodies that prevent you from getting the virus again/ Our Lady of the Lake infectious disease specialist Doctor Catherine O’ Neal explains how herd immunity works…
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O’Neal recently appeared as a guest on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster.

Unemployment applications continue to inundate the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Executive Director Ava Dejoie says the department has processed 136-thousand claims over the last two weeks.
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Dejoie commends the staff of the LWC and says they have tripled its capacity.