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Loyola University professor Dr. CJ Stephenson packs boxes of protective gloves from the Chemistry Department storeroom at Loyola University to donate to the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, La. Monday, March 30, 2020. Loyola University professors Dr. CJ Stephenson and Dr. Elin Grissom responded to a request by the Tulane University School of Medicine that is asking for public donations of medical protection wear and disposable laboratory supplies. The full list of needed items and the places to donate can be found at medicine.tulane.edu/need-medical-supplies. (Max Becherer/The Advocate via AP)

Loyola University professor Dr. CJ Stephenson packs boxes of protective gloves from the Chemistry Department storeroom at Loyola University to donate to the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, La. Monday, March 30, 2020. Loyola University professors Dr. CJ Stephenson and Dr. Elin Grissom responded to a request by the Tulane University School of Medicine that is asking for public donations of medical protection wear and disposable laboratory supplies. The ful…

March 31, 2020

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Louisiana waits on ventilator shipment as virus deaths spike
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.