Opera singers Irini Hymel, right, and Bryan Hymel sing to quarantined residents of Lambeth House, where a cluster of the coronavirus has formed, in New Orleans, Friday, March 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
March 23, 2020
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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.