The state is reporting 10,297 cases of the coronavirus an increase of more than a thousand from the day before. The state has now recorded 370 deaths related to COVID-19 an increase of 60 from the previous day. Currently 1,707 are hospitalized, and 535 are on ventilators.
92% of small businesses are feeling the negative impacts of COVID-19, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Thanks to the federal stimulus businesses with under 500 employees can now apply to receive a Small Business Administration loan to help cover payroll, and other expenses for the next two months. CPA Ben Vance says businesses who qualify get a loan amount that is determined by the SBA.
If spent according to guidelines established by the SBA, the loan will be forgiven.
The Army Corps of Engineers began opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway today to protect New Orleans levees from the rising Mississippi River. For the first time ever, it’s the third straight year the flood structure has been utilized. Colonel Stephen Murphy says it’s been another tough year for the River. To date, they’ve been in a phase one flood fight for 87 of the 93 days this calendar year.