. @LouisianaGov is giving his thrice-weekly coronavirus briefing. Follow along as we tweet the highlights and lowlights. #lalege #lagov

ACcording to the administration's dashboard, Louisiana has fallen to 9th in the U.S. in cases per capita. The state had been near the top of the list for much of the past couple months. #lalege #lagov

For the last month, the number of active coronavirus cases identified--about 10,000--has remained "remarkably steady," JBE says. About 28,700 have been estimated to recovered #lalege #lagov

The governor says the state will reach the 200,000 test benchmark in May. As of now, the state has tested about 180,000. By the end of May, the state will have tested about 4% of the population #lalege #lagov

The number of coronavirus patients in hospitals has fallen below 800 for the first time in two months, JBE says. #lalege #lagov

Louisiana has 13 confirmed cases of the rare inflammatory condition related to coronavirus, up from 11 a few days ago. One child has died from the condition MISC, Edwards said. #lalege #lagov

. @LouisianaGov won't say whether the state is currently meeting the criteria for entering phase 2 (he'll make an announcement Monday). But he does say the state is doing "reasonably well" on key metrics. #laege #lagov

. @LouisianaGov takes a pretty firm stand against effort by @JZeeRep and others to give $200m in CARES money to small businesses. He says now is not the time, and he wants to give the $811m to local governments. Bill slated for a hearing tomorrow on this. #lalege #lagov

JBE on mask-wearing: "Over time it’s human nature to think we’re past this. Well we’re not past it. I hate when people say will it come back in the fall? It hasn’t left.” #lalege #lagov