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Interacting with the public to wear masks. I am also encouraging a up anytime to mask you are not around people or your immediate household. , you arewear a mask protecting others, when others for terror masks, they are protecting you when others wear masks, they are protecting you. When he to do this along with the social distancing and the hygiene so that we can make sure into phase one of makeeopening so we can sure we move into phase one of the reopening. We have been working to share information with louisiana ands louisianans. Many households received a phone call from me earlier today. That was real. We make those calls to landline and the messagess and the people who walked in we make those calls to landlines and the people who opt in on their cell phones. Where reporting 710 new cases of covid 19 or a total of 9711. That is a larger increase than we have reported in a number of days. It is somewhat startling, but i want people to understand that 381 of these new cases came fro ....
Observe social distancing guidelines. This is 35 minutes. Edwards good afternoon. Thank you for tuning in. Obviously. The stayathome order has been extended. Part of that order requires employees interacting with the masks or facial coverings but im encouraging mask up, anyns to time youre around people who are not in your immediate household. Thats inside or outside. When youre wearing a mask, andre protecting others when they wear masks, theyre protecting you. Its an important part of spread and we need to do this along with social hygiene in order to make sure we can move into phase one of the reopening on may 15. Its also just the neighborly thing to do so were encouraging you to do that. Both the c. D. C. And Louisiana Health recommend the mask usage. Sharee been working to s. Formation with louisianan many households received a phone call from me earlier today. To assure people that was real. We make those calls to landlin ....
And out and about, thank you for matching up. I also want to thank the folks that are tuning in from around the state today. I am joined today by a couple of outstanding leaders, the National Guard. A member of the joint chiefs of staff and he works out of washington, d. C. He was here about 40 years ago as i recall for the Natural Disaster but it certainly is a joy to welcome him back here. If there is one consistent theme every time the governor is on the phone, there it is with the president and Vice President or whether it i is to go Governors Association telephone conferen conference, the one thing every governor has in common is how excellent the National Guard performed and that has a lot to do ....
Whatever we do in that region we will apply to the summer. I will see you tomorrow. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] gov. Edwards good afternoon. Thank you for tuning in. Its may 1, obviously. That means the stayathome order has been extended. Part of that order requires employees interacting with the public to wear masks or facial coverings but im encouraging all louisianans to mask up, any time youre around people who are not in your immediate household. Thats inside or outside. When youre wearing a mask, immediate household. Thats inside or outside. When youre wearing a mask, andre protecting others when they wear masks, theyre protecting you. Its an important part of spread and we need to do this along with social hygiene in order to make sure we can move into phase one of the reopening on may 15. Its also just the neighborly thing to do so were encouraging you to do that. Both ....
Or wherever you have to be wherever you happen to be tuning in on your radio or television or your computer. By thebe followed secretary of the department of children and family services. She has updates on nutrition and snap benefits. Doctorstill have the here to answer specific questions about health care testing, that sort of thing. I want to start out by thanking the medical professionals of all types who are working all across louisiana aerobically every single day. I want to thank all of the Health Care Professionals working heroically every single day. I know that today President Trump declared it National Doctors day and i want to join him in saluting our doctors and thanking them. They are absolutely on the front lines today and every day. We would not be able to come close to managing this emergen ....