Observing social distancing, Gov. John Bel Edwards, center, watches as Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services Secretary Marketa Walters, right, addresses supplemental SNAP benefits in response to the coronavirus during a press conference at GOHSEP Monday March 30, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. Sylvie Sullivan, left, does sigs interpretation for the meeting. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)
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.