Gov. John Bel Edwards will address the people of Louisiana today to provide the latest in the state’s fight against COVID-19 and other important topics.
Edwards is scheduled to speak at 2:30 p.m.
The Louisiana Department of Health had problems with releasing the state’s numbers for Wednesday, June 2, but on Tuesday there were 1,010 new cases and 16 deaths. There were increases in patients in the hospital and those on ventilators. Also Tuesday, officials reported 1,652,028 vaccine series had been initiated and 1,467,560 had been completed.
The governor has been using his media availability to encourage those eligible to get one of the three vaccines now available. During recent news conferences, Edwards has been asked if Louisiana is planning some sort of incentives program, like other states, to entice more people to get vaccinated. He could speak about this topic today.
Bills approved by the Louisiana Legislature are on the governor’s desk for his signature. He is expected to talk about some of these that he strongly supports and others that he doesn’t plan to sign.
