Louisiana Corona Thread...Current numbers pg 13

bookmarked thread. ya'll take care the best you can.

Quite the opposite. During their Spring Break - Mid March, nearly every car getting gas at Costco was from Texas. I am from there so I know the car dealerships, at least 2 near me were from that area. It's highly probable that they got it during their visit.

I bet one in EBR is coming soon.

Update on Covid testing - quarantine in my family-

Mom ( went to Lake) - seems as if she dodged a bullet. April 9th will be 14 days, so fingers crossed.

Sister's Mother in law - negative.

Sister in law- still in quarantine, working it for all it's worth, I am thinking this was just a ruse to get off of work.

Sister- ( who was not a concern)- just tested, has been complaining about feeling poorly after colonoscopy on the 16th in New Iberia, La. -- yes, I know it should have not been done!!! She began to feel icky on the 19th of March.

Her symptoms were-- ( just in case anyone wants to know)
horrible headache, and sinus pressure-- with an earache. This came and went. On a few days, she just said: "it's really bad allergies, and was chipper and upbeat". She always had a little nagging cough, and called on Monday ( 30th) seeming concerned. I told her to get tested. She called yesterday, and it was apparent she is very sick. She could barely speak without coughing. She was incredibly hoarse. She described it as a very bad asthma attack. I told her to go to the ER if it continued. She thought she should stay home b/c she has no fever.

She's a voluptuous lady and has some underlying health conditions, so I am stressed. I tried to call her today, and no answer. I am very concerned.

If everyone could please send her good vibes and prayers, I would appreciate it. She's my rock, and my only good sis, the other one is not right in the head. LOL.

Last Edited by girlie45 on 04/03/2020 12:20 PM

Glad to hear that some in your family have tested negative. I will say a prayer for your sister and hope that she feels better soon!

I was scheduled to do a colonoscopy last month as well, but I cancelled it. Too bad her doctor went forward with hers. Seems like he/she would have known better.

Why is no one here on this thread talking about the two dead bodies that are still located at the Hard Rock Cafe building on Canal Street?

Does anyone realize that diseases from those two dead bodies in that destroyed building is being spread throughout the city?

Those two dead bodies have been there since before Mardi Gras!!

Not even the Mayor says ANYTHING about it.

People of New Orleans needs to wake up!!

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A longtime New Orleans-area grocery store is closing down for deep cleaning after one of its employees tested positive for coronavirus.

Dorignac's Food Center, located at 710 Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie, will close at 8 p.m. on Friday and will not re-open until April 13. The announcement of the nine-day closure was made after a worker contracted COVID-19, according to WWL-TV.

No one is talking about that in this thread because this thread is about the virus.

People in New Orleans are indeed talking about the Hard Rock Fiasco. Every time I walk downtown I can see that poor man still hanging there. They put up a new tarp, but was no help.

More curfews...

Nightly curfew now in effect in Iberville Parish. Could other parishes be next?

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BR will likely be one of the last, and no one is heeding the stay at home. Traffic looks pretty normal over on my side of town-- ST George area, go over by LSU and it's a ghost town.

my MIL is in St. George area. She is on pill chemo so she hasn’t been leaving the house. We are in Central, but have plans to move over by her once all this dies down. Traffic here is about 25% less than usual.

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These are pictures of the New Orleans Convention Center converted to a hospital.

Uhh...what does this mean, I wonder?

The PHU is for people awaiting the results of their COVID-19 test and can't go home beforehand.

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That little statement right there needs some explanation. Is it for people who voluntarily choose to stay there to await their results? Is it because they have to quarantine if they have traveled somewhere and are now returning home? Or is it something more nefarious?

Thanks for sharing Gemini Rising.

Okay here's some additional explanation about the personal housing units (PHU). Still not clear whether this is a voluntary isolation or what.

The Personal Housing Units are for symptomatic individuals coming from hospital emergency departments with COVID-19 tests pending and require isolation until test results are reported.

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“It’s also not a shelter. Think of this as another wing of a hospital. Patients are going to go in through the ER just like they normally would, and on the back-end, if the hospital feels they are appropriate for this setting, they’ll be transferred here.”

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Yep, people still rolling around. A few homes for sale in Shenandoah..

Last Edited by girlie45 on 04/04/2020 08:38 PM

That is exactly the area we are looking at!

4/2/20 Thursday
9150 Cases
1639 Hospital
507 Vent
310 RIP

4/1/20 - 4/2/20
+2726 cases
+141 Hospital
+17 Vent
+37 RIP



4/4/20 Saturday
12496 Cases
1726 Hospital
571 Vent
409 RIP

4/2/20 - 4/4/20
+3346 Cases
+87 Hospitalized
+64 Vent
+99 RIP

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Louisiana awaits ventilators, new facility as cases rise

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Louisiana rose sharply Saturday as officials awaited the arrival of hundreds of ventilators and prepared to convert a New Orleans convention center into a facility that could hold thousands of patients so that hospitals in the hard-hit region are not soon overrun.

The state Department of Health on Saturday said more than 12,400 have tested positive for the virus, an increase of roughly 2,200 cases from the day before. The death toll in the state from COVID-19 stood at 409 people.

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Coronavirus: Louisiana's ICU beds become scarce, particularly in Lafayette, Shreveport

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Coronavirus death rate for New Orleans is double that of New York City

New Orleans has emerged as one of the country’s coronavirus hotspots, with a death rate per-capita double that of New York City, according to a troubling new report.

Gary Wagner, an economics professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, said the parish of Orleans, which encompasses the Big Easy, saw a coronavirus death rate of 37.93 per 100,000 people as of Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Meanwhile, the death rate for the Big Apple was 18.86 per 100,000 people, the outlet reported.

Louisiana has reported more than 12,400 cases as of Sunday with the death toll climbing over 400, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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NOPD, JPSO lose members to COVID-19

It’s been a tough week for our local first responders. The New Orleans Police Department and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office lost members of their teams from complications with COVID-19.

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Virus hot spots in South poised for disproportionate suffering

Very good read!

3 New Orleans East discount stores robbed at gunpoint within 30 minutes of each other, NOPD says

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4/4/20 Saturday
12496 Cases
1726 Hospital
571 Vent
409 RIP

4/2/20 - 4/4/20
+3346 Cases
+87 Hospitalized
+64 Vent
+99 RIP



4/5/20 Sunday
13010 Cases (+514)
1803 Hospitalized (+77)
561 Vent (-10)
477 RIP (+68)

Heads up on grocery situations. I implore you to get what you can now. Some of us on a prepper thread have been talking about the coming food shortages for over a year. Due to floods , droughts , fires, etc. The current situation inflames it. A lot of the meat we’ve been getting in is being diverted from warehouses that supply restaurants. 2-3 times more people are shopping to buy food. All those people that were accustomed to eating out

MK-- Thanks so much, I guess I will go out again and load back up.

Happy to finally see Trump talking about Louisiana. Maybe we will get some much-needed help across the state, and not just in Orleans Parish. Sharon Weston Broome is not doing such a great job here in BR. For heaven's sake, Denham Springs got rapid tests before we did.

Let that sink in for a minute!!!

I knew this would be starting soon. I am sure BR will be next. I wore my ugly purse to Sprouts this morning.

Be safe, be vigilant, and be well.

We have some with Covid in EBRSO as well.

As a Lafayette girl, this is not good. :( I am in BR now.