Fourteen people are dead due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Louisiana and the state has 537 cases. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has issued a “stay at home” order for the city. Governor Edwards says models show New Orleans area hospitals could be overwhelmed in the next week to 10 days as a “worst-case scenario.” Edwards says they’re trying to secure enough health care workers and they’re moving respirators from surgical centers that perform elective surgeries, into frontline hospitals.
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A lack of respirators is reported at the heart of many of the COVID-19 deaths in Italy.

One of the 14 people who died from the COVID-19 outbreak in Louisiana passed away at an Ouachita Parish hospital. The person was 38-years-old and from Catahoula Parish. The state health department says the victim had underlying health conditions.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission has been inundated with virus-related unemployment assistance claims…
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Governor John Bel Edwards will take to radio and television airwaves Monday night at 7PM for a one-hour broadcast that will address Louisiana’s fight against the spread of COVID-19. Members of the public are encouraged to submit questions for the panel to l-p-b-dot-org-backslash-questions.