There’s a global shortage of blood and Louisiana is not the exception. Ochsner Pathologist Dr. Aimee Goodier says it’s a dire situation and when a trauma patient could require anywhere from six to twelve units of blood if there are multiple accidents the supply could easily be depleted.
Hospitals and blood banks are requesting donations from all blood types. You can donate every eight weeks. If you have had a COVID infection 14 days after symptoms have resolved.
The state reports 1,999 COVID patients are in Louisiana hospitals, and 111 are on ventilators. 3/4s of those patients are unvaccinated. More than 17-thousand new cases have also been tallied, and that does not include positive home test results. Beginning today an indoor mask mandate is in effect for New Orleans.
With three declared candidates for the U.S. Senate seat this fall, a Louisiana political expert handicaps the race – as it is now. More from Kevin Gallagher…:
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Lincoln Parish Schools will be closed this Thursday and Friday due to an outbreak of COVID, colds, flu, and stomach viruses. Students are scheduled to return to the classroom on Tuesday after the Monday Martin Luther King holiday.