Observing social distancing, Dr. Alex Billioux, asst. state public health officer, right, watches as Gov. John Bel Edwards addresses steps being taken to fight the Coronavirus during a press conference at GOHSEP Monday March 30, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)
March 31, 2020
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March 31, 2020 4:26 p.m.
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.