Statement From La. Gov. Edwards on Today's Near-Record Number of COVID-19 Deaths in Louisiana
January 09, 2021
January 09, 2021
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 9 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on Jan. 8:
Gov. John Bel Edwards issued the following statement today on COVID-19 deaths in Louisiana, after the Louisiana Department of Health reported 105 COVID deaths today, the second highest daily death count since the start of the pandemic. The highest number of deaths Louisiana has reported in a day was 129 deaths on April 14, 2020.
Gov. Edwards said:
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Gov. John Bel Edwards issued the following statement today on COVID-19 deaths in Louisiana, after the Louisiana Department of Health reported 105 COVID deaths today, the second highest daily death count since the start of the pandemic. The highest number of deaths Louisiana has reported in a day was 129 deaths on April 14, 2020.
Gov. Edwards said:
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