COVID-19 is now to blame for 512 deaths linked to the illness in Louisiana. Among them, a one day old infant in East Baton Rouge Parish. The child died after being prematurely born due to complications stemming from her mother’s COVID-19 case. The baby will be tested for coronavirus, but EBR Coroner Beau Clark says it’s not clear yet whether the virus is vertically transmissible.
Former Saints kicker Tom Dempsey, who once held the NFL record for the longest made field goal, has died from complications of the coronavirus. He was 73. Demspey kicked 159 field goals in eleven NFL season, even though he was born without toes on his right foot. His former teammate and ex-Saints Q-B Billy Kilmer…
Normally. flu activity goes down at this time of the year. However, State Immunization Director Dr. Frank Welch says the state has not yet seen that dip as one in ten visits to a doctor is for flu-like symptoms.Many of the spread mitigation efforts of coronavirus run parallel to combatting the flu as well. Welch says the one big difference maker is having a vaccine for the flu. While it doesn’t guarantee someone won’t get the flu, it will reduce the severity of the illness and reduce the chance of hospitalization.
Dr. Ray Authement, who served as the president of UL Lafayette for 34 years, has died at the age of 91. Upon his retirement in 2008, he was the longest serving public university president in the United States. Current UL Lafayette President Joe Savoie says Autement’s impact on the campus can still be seen today.