Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said he will extend his state's stay-at-home order until April 30. The announcement came the same day Louisiana reported more than 2,700 new cases of coronavirus and at least 37 new deaths.
The stay-at-home order, which allows certain exceptions such as grocery shopping and solitary exercise, was originally set to expire April 13.The announcement Thursday came the same day Louisiana reported more than 2,700 new cases of coronavirus and 37 new deaths. Since the outbreak started, Louisiana has had more than 9,100 cases and more than 300 deaths from coronavirus.These states have stay-at-home orders.
Read More"While extremely upsetting, this increase in COVID-19 cases appears to be less a sign of new exponential growth and more a sign of a logjam from commercial labs," Edwards said in a written statement. "I have said time and again -- COVID-19 is a statewide problem and testing is a vital step towards understanding the scale of this problem. We believe COVID-19 is spreading in every parish in Louisiana.
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