Update: February 8, 2022

SITUATION OVERVIEW

• We have 21 COVID-19 patients hospitalized (down 12 from Feb. 2).
• We have 4 COVID-19 patients on ventilators (same as Feb. 2).
• We have returned 51 employees back to work since last week, leaving 19 out monitoring.
• Chief Medical Officer Robert Peltier, M.D., reports that the Washington State predictive model was updated on Feb. 4, and all news is good! It forecasts that Louisiana’s COVID-19 hospitalizations, which currently stand at 1,500, will decrease to 500 by March 1 and to 250 by April.

• In response, President/CEO Michele Sutton announces the following changes:
  • Weekly COVID-19 Leadership Calls and related “everyone” emails will be discontinued after today.
  • COVID-19 numbers will be reported in Weekly Vitals on Mondays.
  • Effective Wednesday, Feb. 9, we will resume regular visitation for non-COVID-19 patients. (As a reminder, COVID-19 positive patients cannot have visitors except in cases of end-of-life.)

REMINDERS

• A community COVID-19 Update with Dr. Peltier and Johnny Chauvin is planned for 7:10 a.m. this Thursday, Feb. 10 on Tangi 96.5 FM.

• If you are experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19, call Employee Wellness immediately at (985) 230-SICK [7425] for timely testing and guidance.