Many Louisiana residents are anxious to see if the governor will begin to re-open parts of the economy on May 1st. His current stay at home order expires April 30th. Governor Edwards says he will use certain benchmarks, one being that Louisiana has the capacity to test 140-to-150-thousand people a month…
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Edwards says there also needs to be a two-week window where there is a downward trajectory in the numbers of people with COVID-19 symptoms.

The state department of education has found all 69 school districts are offering continuous education, even though schools are closed. D-O-E spokesperson Sydni Dunn…
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Dunn says their survey found about 32-percent of school systems are connecting with students every day, but 28-percent of students do not have access to a computer.

Louisiana’s COVID-19 death toll has reached 1,328 and that includes the head warden and medical director at the Raymond Laborde Correctional Center in Avoyelles Parish. Corrections officials say Sandy McCain served as head warden for the past four years and battled COVID-19 for nearly a month. The center’s medical director Doctor Casey McVea also passed away.

In northwest Louisiana, 3-D printing is helping to increase the number of COVID-19 tests…
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