For the first time in weeks Louisiana registered back to back days with slight decreases in hospitalizations for COVID patients Friday. Louisiana is now under 3,000 hospitalizations, but Governor Edwards says there’s a new worry, and it’s about the children. 28 percent of all new cases are coming from kids under 18 and the Governor says this is why we must mask up while in school…
Two public meetings in Baton Rouge this week were disrupted by anti-mask protesters, upset their children are forced to wear a mask, calling it child abuse. But Edwards says everyone has a role to play in slowing the spread of COVID and failing to do so can have lethal consequences
Ochsner has administered about 9,700 monoclonal antibody treatments to COVID patients across New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and the Northshore. Ochsner Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Hart says they’ve received additional help from paramedics in running their infusion suites and can now offer the treatment within a day or two of qualification.
We’ll see some of the highest heat indexes of the year this weekend with temps around 110 degrees in South Louisiana. It’s brutal weather but State Climatologist Barry Keim says at least this high-pressure system is pushing tropical storm systems away from the Gulf of Mexico.
Heat indexes i north Louisiana will be lower due to the lack of humidity, but still at or over 100 degrees.