The Louisiana Department of Health will now begin reporting the demographics of those impacted by COVID-19. Governor Edwards announced today that so far, just over 70% of the state’s COVID fatalities are African American, while only making up about a third of the population. The state is currently at 512 deaths.
An East Baton Rouge Parish mother loses her baby after her COVID-19 symptoms resulted in the child’s premature birth. Matt Doyle has more.
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Former Saints kicker Tom Dempsey, who once held the NFL record for the longest made field goal, has died from complications of the coronavirus. In 1970 at old Tulane Stadium, Dempsey booted a 63-yard field goal as the Saints beat the Detroit Lions on the record-breaking kick. NFL analyst Mike Detillier says Dempsey told him he never saw the ball go through the uprights.
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Dempsey was 73.
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. With the high rates of testing for COVID-19, the math paints a picture of flu activity being much higher than normal.
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