Saturday, May 02, 2020

Louisiana Covid Update - Day 48

The Louisiana Dept of Health posted the numbers a bit early, so we'll go ahead and assess the damage.

Total cases today totals 29,140.  That's 429 more than yesterday.  It's a sizable ump, and Baton Rouge is reporting the lion's share.
Fatalities today are reported at 1950.  That's bad, and we mourn for the vicitims, but it's 23 more than yesterday.
Hospitalizations are reported at 1545, a drop of 62 since yesterday.  Of those, the vent count is down to 208,  another decreasing metric.

My home parish of Rapides is reporting 273 total cases, and increase of only 3 cases since yesterday.  The death toll has stabilized at 10.

We're going to start ramping up testing.  The petty tyrant Edwards wants 200K tests per month in Louisiana  More tests means more positive results.  So, to my way of thinking, the main indicators should be hospitalization, fatalities, and vent counts.  The vast majority of us who contract the virus will be fine.

Belle ad I are spending lots of time inthe shop, Today she was feeling peckish and opened some chicken salad to eat on crackers.  Of course, the dawg had to get his ration.


I'll catch up with y'all tomorrow.

1 comment:

Old NFO said...

Louisiana politics... And the dog's gotta eat too!