The state health department releases data that shows black patients are dying at a much higher rate than whites from the coronavirus. Governor John Bel Edwards announced the new information during his daily COVID-19 briefing…
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Also, hypertension leads the list of underlying health conditions of Louisiana residents who died from the coronavirus.

A lawsuit seeks the release of inmates at the federal prison in Oakdale who are most at-risk for COVID-19. The facility has seen five inmates die from the virus and others have become critically ill. ACLU of Louisiana executive director Alanah Odoms Hebert…
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The federal Bureau of Prisons has not responded publically to the lawsuit.

LSU Health Shreveport is testing the impact of using inhaled nitric oxide on COVID-19 patients with severely damaged lungs. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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A White House model dramatically reduces the number of expected deaths in Louisiana from COVID-19. The previous projection pegged the expected deaths from the virus at 1,834, now they have at it 746. And researchers say the daily number of COVID-19 deaths may have already peaked and could slow to a halt by the last week of April.