NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Political debates on how soon to begin reopening businesses while fighting the spread of coronavirus are heating up in Louisiana, where the number of known cases and deaths grew Monday, even as hospitalizations remained well below an April 13 peak.
At least one restriction is being eased. Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday that prohibitions on some “time-sensitive” elective surgery and other nonemergency procedures will be lifted effective April 27.
Dr. Jimmy Guidry, the state health officer, said the new guidelines are not allencompassing.