Governor John Bel Edwards says the curve has been flattening, but it will not stay that way if residents ignore the stay at home order as they did over the Easter weekend. Edwards says the Unacast Social Distancing Dashboard tracks movement by cell phone GPS data and Louisiana is not performing well.
“The state actually wasn’t doing that well before, we had a C- and now we have D because there are too many people moving around,” said Edwards.
The Governor says he’s trying to set an example by wearing masks in public, and not doing his usual glad-handing with constituents, but that policy made his trip to the tornado-ravaged Monroe difficult.
“I saw some people in some homes that obviously were not going to be habitable but I chose not to stop and talk to them because of COVID-19. That is a very tough decision on my part,” said Edwards.
A storm system tore through north Louisiana Sunday, leaving many still without power and crippling the Monroe Regional Airport.
Edwards says you need to stay indoors at least until April 30th. As to whether, or how the state will open after that, he’s leaving it up to experts.
“We will be announcing later this week an economic resiliency recovery task force that we are going to stand up here in Louisiana that will advise me and local officials as well,” said Edwards.
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