The state now has just over 17,000 COVID-19 cases, and a total of 652 fatalities. State health officials are encouraged to see the number of COVID-19 patients who require ventilation has gone down, four days in a row. Assistant Secretary of the Office of Public Health Alex Billioux says we are seeing now the results of public behaviors that started two weeks ago and while the trend is promising…
Cut 5 (10) “…we have already.”
490 COVID-19 patients are on ventilators today, down from 519 yesterday.
A Louisiana Oil and Gas Association survey projects more than 23-thousand jobs in the industry are at immediate risk. LOGA President Gifford Briggs says the coronavirus pandemic and an oil glut has dropped the price of oil 66-percent since January first
Cut 12 (10) “…through the industry”
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon expects other car insurers in Louisiana to follow Allstate’s lead and offer rebates for premiums paid during the stay at home order. Allstate is paying back customers in the state 13 million dollars in rebates. Donelon says its because the company is saving a lot of money right now.
The LSU AgCenter and the Louisiana Farm Bureau are surveying crawfish producers to determine the economic damage caused by the coronavirus outbreak. LSU AgCenter economist Kurt Guidry is asking crawfish farmers to turn in their completed surveys to him or call his cell phone at (225) 281-5948