Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com Governor John Bel Edwards has extended Louisiana’s indoor mask mandate for another four weeks until October 27th. Edwards says the states’ overall COVID-19 outlook is improving, but baseline numbers are still too high.
“Every community in the state of Louisiana continues to have a high amount of COVID and they are in an elevated risk category as a result of that,” said Edwards.
The governor is encouraged the number of new cases and COVID hospitalizations have fallen below 1,000 from a high of 3,000. But he says the state’s level of COVID is 2.5 times what the CDC considers high.
He says the state’s mask mandate includes K-through-12 schools and college campuses.
“The CDC has put out information that shows schools without masking requirements are 3.5 times more likely to have a COVID-19 outbreak than schools where children and staff are masked,” said Edwards.
Governor John Bel Edwards extends the state’s indoor mask mandate until October 27th
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