Governor Edwards announces the state will not move into Phase 3 of reopening its economy and it will remain in Phase 2 for another 28 days. Edwards says Louisiana is one of 23 states who is experiencing an increase cases and hospitalizations are also on the rise.
“It is a trend in the wrong direction that we need to stop just as soon as we possibly can, so we never get close to lacking the capacity to deliver care in our hospitals to the people who need to be hospitalized,” said Edwards.
Health officials say there are 41 more people hospitalized compared to the day before. That’s the single biggest jump since April 20th.
Edwards made the announcement on the day Louisiana surpasssed 50,000 COVID-19 cases and 3,000 deaths.
“It is certainly not lost on me that there were many families who went through Father’s Day without their father who they lost to COVID-19,” said Edwards.
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