COVID-19 General Tips and Updates

Governor John Bel Edwards will be joined by health experts and members of his administration for a live statewide discussion on Louisiana’s response to COVID-19. The program will air tonight from 7-8 PM on television and radio stations across the state and on multiple digital platforms. #lagov

⏰: 7 pm
🎥: LPB.org
💻: gov.Louisiana.gov

Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a statewide Stay at Home order that goes into effect at 5 p.m. Monday, March 23, to further fight the spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana, as the number of confirmed cases have topped 800 and spread to more than half of our parishes. [...]

This document contains information gathered by LED and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness office, with the assistance of Genea Lathers, Planning Branch Manager. This information and associated update articles are provided to keep business and industry stakeholders informed of current activities and actions taken in response to the National and State Emergency Declarations issued due to the COVID‐19 event.

CORRECTIONS    

LOUISIANA

Please go to http://ldh.la.gov/Coronavirus/for official information on Presumptive Positive Test Results and locations.  It is updated at 9 am and 5:30 pm daily.  Below is current info. 

As of last report there are 21 of 64 parishes with reported cases with 479 cases of COVID-19 and 10 deaths across the state.  LDH officials reported the following:

Total positive cases: 479

Talking points on social distancing: Staying home saves lives

Situation/overall

• It is important that people understand the seriousness of this situation. In just a week’s time, we went from zero positive cases of COVID-19 to more than 100 cases. This is one of the highest per capita rates of COVID-19 cases in the entire country, and it is expected to continue unless we each change our behaviors.
  
• Right now, everyone is urged to take aggressive measures to contain this virus. We all have a role to play in protecting not just ourselves but our neighbors, friends and everyone else we interact with.