COVID-19: March 23, 2020

Local impact:

• New Orleans begins baiting for rats as the rodent population takes to the streets to find food that has now become scarce due to the coronavirus response.

Cases:

National

Source	Old Count	New Count	Increase of	Time
CDC	15,219	33,404	18,185	noon update
J.H.Univ.	32,717	41,708	8,991	1:55 pm update
NYT	31,772	39,819	8,047	2:51 pm update

Louisiana

all data from the Dept Of Health noon update

Where?	Old Count	New Count	Increase of	Deaths
Statewide	837	1,172	335	34

New Orleans Metropolitan Area Parishes

Where?	Old Count	New Count	Increase of	Deaths
Orleans	451	567	116	20
Jefferson	184	252	68	5
St. Bernard	13	15	2

Other Parishes

Where?	Old Count	New Count	Increase of	Deaths
Lafourche	12	15	3
Terrebonne	12	14	2
Lafayette	6	9	3
East Btn Rg	-	43		1

Articles:

• ‘I’m going to keep pushing.’: Anthony Fauci tries to make the White House listen to facts of the pandemic

• The U.S. Surgeon General:

"This week, it's going to get bad. ... We really, really need everyone to stay at home."

Watch @Surgeon_General's full interview with @savannahguthrie. pic.twitter.com/azmKJ6hfSY

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) March 23, 2020

Predictions:

• Trump weighs restarting economy despite warnings from U.S. public health officials
  There is a battle coming between the health experts and those who want to get people back to work no matter the human cost.

• March 30 is the end of the White House’s 15-day period after which the situation will be re-assessed, aka the battle commences.

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