FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2018, file photo, state Rep. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge speaks with a colleague during a legislative hearing in Baton Rouge, La. James, a Baton Rouge Democrat who chairs the House criminal justice committee, announced late Monday that he was in the hospital with pneumonia stemming from the virus. The news was particularly jarring because James is only 37 years old. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)
March 31, 2020
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Louisiana waits on ventilator shipment as virus deaths spike
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana saw its deadliest day of the coronavirus epidemic Tuesday, as the state awaited a promised shipment of ventilators from the national stockpile to help care for its most fragile COVID-19 patients and braced for a looming weekend deadline when New Orleans hospitals are expected to run out of the breathing machines.