COVID-19

Abbeville General

Abbeville General scales back COVID-19 testing; No testing being done at Erath clinic

Thu, 04/02/2020 - 9:49am

After a week of testing for COVID 19, Abbeville General has decided to scale back and only test three days a week, and no testing will take place today.
On Wednesday, 14 people were screened and nine were tested at the Erath Clinic. On Tuesday, only 11 were screened and nine were tested.
For the week of testing in Erath, a total of 89 people were screened and 61 were tested.
Because of a slow, steady decline in the number of people going through the drive-thru testing site at the Erath Clinic, Abbeville General will no longer be testing every day.

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Louisiana COVID-19 cases rise again

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 5:26pm

Coronavirus numbers were up again Wednesday in Louisiana by 1,187 additional cases over a 24-hour period. Louisiana Department of Health reports a moderation in the death rate, posting 34 more deaths when 54 Louisianans had died the day before. LDH reports 6,424 Louisianans have the Coronavirus of which nearly 1,500 have been admitted to hospitals. Nearly 500 are on ventilators and hospital officials say they are running out of the machines. Ventilators enable patients to cut recovery times by up to 75%.

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Louisiana Department of Health COVID-19 Updates for April 1

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 12:38pm

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health has updated its website to reflect the latest number of positives and will continue to update its website at noon each day.
As of noon on April 1, the Department reported 1,187 additional cases since yesterday, bringing the total to 6,424 positive cases. This is approximately a 23-percent increase since yesterday.

Hospitalization
A total of 1,498 COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized; of those, 490 patients require ventilation.

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COVID-19 cases in Vermilion Parish climb to eight

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 9:29am

The number of COVID-19 cases jumped from three to eight cases in one day in Vermilion Parish.
For the last few days, Vermilion Parish has had at least three cases and one death. That number jumped to eight cases on Tuesday when the Louisiana Department of Health updated its website, and there is still only one death, in the parish.
The reason for the spike in the parish could be because the COVID-19 test results are just being returned to the patients from last week. However, testing has slowed down at the Abbeville General Clinic in Erath.