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Louisiana worries about fourth surge, as other states across the country experience surges and slow rise in cases Louisiana worries about fourth surge By Breanne Bizette | April 16, 2021 at 5:33 PM CDT - Updated April 16 at 6:36 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The biggest concern from the Louisiana Department of Health is the second variant, also known as the UK variant, that is already impacting other states. In the past couple of weeks Louisiana and other southern states are starting to see cases climb which could be a problem in the future. “We made steady progress, but now that progress has stalled over the past couple of weeks. What has not stalled over the past couple of weeks is the increase of the variant, the UK variant,” says Dr. Joseph Kanter who is with LDH. A few southern states, and even Louisiana, are starting to see a plateau when it comes to COVID-19 cases. Looking closer at trends in other states, Texas at one point did see a downward spira ....