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Cindy Morris, left, and Swarnamala Ratnayaka don personal protective equipment before preparing RNA for testing for the new coronavirus at the molecular pathology lab at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Thursday, April 2, 2020. The test is identical to the PCR test being used by the Centers for Disease Control to ease the testing crisis and stop the spread of COVID-19, which has hit the New Orleans area especially hard. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

New Orleans coronavirus death rate higher than New York

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Analysis: Notes from a coronavirus hot spot

By KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press

Debbie Fagnano, the calliope player for the riverboat Natchez, plays a 15-minute hymn and gospel medley, Friday, April 3, 2020 as a tribute to jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis, who died Wednesday of pneumonia brought on by COVID-19. A steamboat company spokeswoman said that since the calliope carries a long way, the Natchez may play brief concerts on Friday as morale-boosters. (AP Photo/Janet McConnaughey)

New Orleans calliope tribute for jazz great Ellis Marsalis

By Janet McConnaughey - Associated Press

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, inside the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, Friday, April 3, 2020. As Louisiana's coronavirus outbreak continues to worsen, the state's hospitals, medical schools and health care workers are worrying about whether they'll have enough people and equipment to meet the ever-growing demands of an epidemic expected to hit its peak in the state over the next two weeks. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Coronavirus victims climb to 370 in Louisiana but increase in hospitalizations slows

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Swarnamala Ratnayaka prepares RNA for testing for the new coronavirus at the molecular pathology lab at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Thursday, April 2, 2020. The test is identical to the PCR test being used by the Centers for Disease Control to ease the testing crisis and stop the spread of COVID-19, which has hit the New Orleans area especially hard. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louisiana hospitals, medical staff stretched thin amid virus

By MELINDA DESLATTE and REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

State Sen. Eddie Lampert, R-Dist. 18, has his temperature taken as he arrives at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Legislators convened in limited numbers, while exercising social distancing due to the new coronavirus pandemic, on the last day bills could be introduced during the legislative session. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louisiana cases zip past 9,000 as death toll climbs to 310

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Spillway opening Friday to safeguard New Orleans levees

Associated Press

This April 28, 2019, file photo, shows Ellis Marsalis during the New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival in New Orleans. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced Wednesday, April 1, 2020, that Marsalis has died. He was 85. (AP Photo/Sophia Germer, File)

Ellis Marsalis, jazz great, dead at 85 from pneumonia brought on by COVID-19

By Janet McConnaughey and Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Observing social distancing, Dr. Alex Billioux, asst. state public health officer, right, watches as Gov. John Bel Edwards addresses steps being taken to fight the Coronavirus during a press conference at GOHSEP Monday March 30, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)

Louisiana moves past 6,400 coronavirus cases as test results pour in

By James Varney - The Washington Times

A resident of the Lambeth House, where a cluster of the coronavirus has formed, reacts from her balcony as opera singers Irini Hymel and Bryan Hymel sing to the quarantined residents in New Orleans, Friday, March 20, 2020. The home has 23 known cases of the coronavirus as of late Wednesday. At least five of about 260 residents have died from the virus within a week. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

47 Louisiana long-term care sites seen as virus ‘clusters’

By MELINDA DESLATTE and JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

Loyola University professor Dr. CJ Stephenson packs boxes of protective gloves from the Chemistry Department storeroom at Loyola University to donate to the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, La. Monday, March 30, 2020. Loyola University professors Dr. CJ Stephenson and Dr. Elin Grissom responded to a request by the Tulane University School of Medicine that is asking for public donations of medical protection wear and disposable laboratory supplies. The full list of needed items and the places to donate can be found at medicine.tulane.edu/need-medical-supplies. (Max Becherer/The Advocate via AP)

Louisiana waits on ventilator shipment as virus deaths spike

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards looks at a monitor displaying the state's evolving novel coronavirus COVID-19 situation, at the start of a press conference, Friday, March 27, 2020 at the Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management in Baton Rouge, La. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP, Pool)

Louisiana coronavirus cases top 4,000; death toll at 185

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Workers prepare the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Hall J on Friday, March 27, 2020, in New Orleans after Louisiana state health officials said they are planning to put more than 1,100 beds in the makeshift hospital for patients with the coronavirus. (David Grunfeld/The Advocate via AP)

Louisiana ‘stay at home’ order to be extended through April

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards answers questions from reporters about his state's rapid escalation of coronavirus cases, on Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Louisiana coronavirus infections slow; death toll creeps higher

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Service and entertainment industry employees who have been laid off due to the new coronavirus pandemic, exercise social distancing as they line up for meals cooked by chef Isaac Toups at his restaurant Toups Meatery in New Orleans, Friday, March 27, 2020. While rich in history and culture, New Orleans is economically poor, and the people here are not necessarily well-positioned to weather this latest storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Essence festival rescheduled amid coronavirus outbreak

Associated Press

Jackson Square, normally bustling with tourists, is seen deserted in the French Quarter of New Orleans, due to the new coronavirus pandemic, Friday, March 27, 2020. While rich in history and culture, New Orleans is economically poor, and the people here are not necessarily well-positioned to weather this latest storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

‘The day the music died’: Coronavirus tests New Orleans

By KEVIN McGILL and REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

Surgeon General Jerome Adams speaks during press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House, Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Surgeon General Jerome Adams: ‘Hot spots’ like Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans will have ‘worse week’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A sign indicating an arrival area for ambulances is seen outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, part of which is being converted into a hospital due to the new coronavirus epidemic, in New Orleans, Friday, March 27, 2020. Officials are standing up what could be the largest hospital in the country, said Joseph Kanter, assistant state health officer at the Louisiana Department of Health. It will be built in the convention center, a sprawling facility along the Mississippi River that is generally packed with a revolving parade of conventions and conferences but is currently closed. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Pace of infection slows in Louisiana as coronavirus death toll climbs to 119

By James Varney - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020, photo a sign hangs on a closed ski lift in Vail, Colo., after Vail Ski Resort closed for the season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Ski resorts across the West that were shut down amid coronavirus fears are grappling with an economic &quot;body blow&quot; at a time when they normally would be welcoming hoards of spring break revelers. (AP Photo/Michael Ciaglo)

Smaller communities prepare for onslaught of virus patients

By RUSS BYNUM and REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks at a news conference regarding the spread of COVID-19 in the state, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP)

New Orleans reels under alarming coronavirus infection rate

By James Varney - The Washington Times