The state health department reported its largest one-day spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations since March 2020 as the number of people in the hospital as the result of the coronavirus increased by 169 to 1,390. L-D-H also reported nearly seven thousand new COVID-19 cases. Governor John Bel Edwards says this current rise in COVID cases and hospitalizations is becoming increasingly scary.

With health care facilities filling up with COVID patients, the dean of the LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans, is concerned individuals with other health issues are not getting the treatment they need…
cut 4 (14) “…. the whole system”
The C-D-C said today that residents in states like Louisiana where COVID-19 transmission is substantial should resume wearing masks indoors.

Community leaders have started the Help Southwest Louisiana Now campaign, a grassroots effort that will lobby the federal government on approving a supplemental disaster relief package…
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That’s Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter who says the total unmet housing need for the state exceeds 900-million dollars as a result of last year’s hurricanes.

Baton Rouge Judge Fred Crifasi (Sir-Fassey) on two occasions has offered an offender the option of getting a COVID-19 vaccine in lieu of completing their community service. Baton Rouge attorney Franz Borghardt can see other judges doing something similar…
cut 14 (07) “…proof of vaccination”