BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is extending pandemic restrictions on businesses and activities, and he’s warning the holidays threaten to exacerbate the states latest coronavirus surge.
The governor’s announcement Tuesday came as Louisiana reached its highest number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients since April.
Edwards’ rules were toughened in late November. They were set to expire Wednesday, but he is renewing them through Jan. 13.
He says that “it remains a very perilous situation for the state with respect to COVID.”
The state health department says at least 22,000 hospital workers and EMS employees in Louisiana have received their first of two vaccinations so far.