Families and businesses are picking up the pieces following a tornado outbreak on Easter. The coronavirus has presented challenges in how displaced families are sheltered following the storm and President of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury Shane Smiley says they are taking a new approach to sheltering in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
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Thousands in north Louisiana are still without power today. Entergy Louisiana spokesperson David Freese says at the Sunday afternoon peak 26,500 customers were without power, but they’ve managed to pull that number down over the last 24 hours.
Entergy damage assessment reports 200 poles, 450 spans of wire, and 50 transformers will either need to be repaired or replaced.
LSU Health Shreveport Chancellor Doctor G-E Ghali is encouraging those who have recovered from COVID-19 to donate their plasma because it can be used to treat critically ill patients. Ghali says they’ve already seen encouraging results from this type of treatment…
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Ghali says the antibodies counteract with the antigens of the virus to help the body fight off coronavirus.
The latest report rises the state’s COVID-19 death toll by 44 to a total of 884 fatalities. Confirmed cases: 21,016, up by 421. 2,134 are hospitalized, up 50. Use of ventilators has increased to 461, up by 3.