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A street musician asks to play music for money in the nearly deserted French Quarter in New Orleans, Sunday, March 22, 2020. With much of the city already hunkered down due to the coronavirus pandemic, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards issues a shelter-in-place order to take effect starting Monday at 5:00 PM. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A street musician asks to play music for money in the nearly deserted French Quarter in New Orleans, Sunday, March 22, 2020. With much of the city already hunkered down due to the coronavirus pandemic, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards issues a shelter-in-place order to take effect starting Monday at 5:00 PM. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

March 23, 2020

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Edwards calls on Louisiana to follow 'stay at home' order
March 23, 2020 8:39 p.m.

Edwards calls on Louisiana to follow 'stay at home' order

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards called on Louisiana residents in a statewide TV address Monday to comply with his “stay at home” order, as the number of state residents confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus spiked to nearly 1,200 people, and the virus's death toll in the state grew dramatically overnight.