The latest Department of Health report indicates the state’s COVID-19 fatalities have hit 1,103 with 90 new deaths reported. New cases: up 433 to 21,951. Hospitalizations down 34 to 1,943. Ventilator usage is down by 11 to 425.
16 residents at a veterans’ home in Reserve have died of COVID-19, an outbreak that is driving St. John the Baptist Parish’s high per capita death rate. Matt Doyle has the story.
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin informed lawmakers today on his plan to push Louisiana’s presidential primary and other local elections until July. The presidential primary was originally set for April, then delayed until June and now Ardoin has set a July 11th election date with an expanded 13-day early voting period. Ardoin says the expansion of absentee ballot voting should not be confused with a universal vote by mail system, but adds the qualifications for absentee voting broadens the availability to include…
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Governor Edwards says Louisiana will make more medical services available when the state begins the transition of reopening the economy. Edwards says when the green light is given to open up more businesses, social distancing will continue, adding the new normal will also have reduced occupancy limits…