• Ochsner Health is hosting a Facebook Live event at 11 a.m. to share the latest about COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccines. The stream will be on Ochsner’s main Facebook page.
• More than 100,000 Americans are in the hospital with COVID-19, while at the same time the nation recorded its worst daily death toll since the start of the pandemic. Data from the COVID Tracking Project shows 100,226 people were hospitalized on Wednesday with the disease caused by the coronavirus—a figure that has been steadily rising for weeks, NPR reports.
• High school students across the state have started end-of-curriculum testing, which is required by the department of education, and is required to be done in person. But some parents are not pleased their virtual learners will have to head inside of a school to take the test, WAFB-TV reports.
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