Governor Edwards will hold a briefing at 10:30 today discussing the state’s response to COVID. On Wednesday the state reported a single day high for new cases at 17,952. Hospitalizations have reached 1,999 and three fourths of those patients are unvaccinated.
Since St. Tammany Parish voters rejected a proposal to move a Bossier City casino license to Slidell last month, State Gaming Control Commissioner Ronnie Johns says state law dictates that Diamond Jack’s casino must re-open within 60 days of the failed referendum. And Diamond Jacks request for an extension for their re-opening plan has been granted.
Data from the National Center for Health Statistics indicates that from 2019 to 2020 drug overdose deaths increased more than 50-percent in Louisiana. Ben Miller, President of Well Being Trust, says they’ve also seen an alarming increase in street or synthetic opioid overdose deaths increase by 56-percent compared to prescription opioids.
Miller says we are better able to control opioid prescriptions, but synthetic use is increasing.
The real estate market remains active and Louisiana Realtors Association Director of Business and Professional Development Amy Fennell it’s still a seller’s market and in some places, it’s more exacerbated than others, for example, areas of the state recovering from natural disasters.