Governor Edwards will announce whether or not the state is heading into Phase Three this hour at his press conference, but Baton Rouge media is now reporting that his answer is likely to be that we will not be advancing to the next stage of economic reopening due to a recent spike in cases. That spike has led to today’s increase of 41 hospitalizations, the largest single-day increase since April.
The state also passed two major COVID milestones today, crossing the 50,000 total positive case line and going over 3,000 total COVID fatalities…
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A House committee backs an 83 million dollar, five-year casino industry tax break that’s already cleared the Senate. Lake Charles Senator Ronnie Johns’ legislation would allow each casino to give customers five-million dollars in free promotional play wagers without having to pay state taxes on those amounts. Johns says such a move will help attract people back to casinos, which would lead to more tax revenue from the gaming industry
The measure heads to the full House for more discussion.
Tulane researchers develop a synthetic antibody treatment for COVID-19 that’s shown promising results in lab mice. Tulane Internal Medicine Chair Dr. Jay Kolls says this treatment is not cost-effective enough to replace a vaccine, but…
Data from the study indicates patients would receive a dose of the antibody every one to two weeks to maintain immunity.