A COVID treatment developed by an LSU-based artificial intelligence program is now in clinical trials. Matt Doyle has the story.
On Wednesday the state reported 54-hundred new cases and 2,895 hospitalizations. LDH says among those hospitalized with COVID, 91-percent are not vaccinated. 55-fatalties from COVID were also reported. LDH says of the recorded deaths from July 29th to August, 83-percent were not vaccinated.
The restaurant industry has been among the hardest hit during the pandemic and earlier this week Health Officials said if hospitalizations don’t let up soon, more mitigation measures could be issued. Louisiana Restaurant Association President Stan Harris says right now the industry is fairing pretty good…
Harris says however they are worried capacity restrictions could be enacted if COVID case numbers do not trend downward soon.
The CDC is urging pregnant women to get vaccinated, citing mounting numbers of severe cases among soon-to-be moms. LSU Health New Orleans Chief of Maternal-Fetal Health Dr. Robert Maupin says pregnant women who develop COVID are three times more likely to end up in the ICU than not pregnant women.
Ochsner reports 11 pregnant women are currently hospitalized in their system, none of them are vaccinated.