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Louisiana virus cases spike as testing expands statewide

by Associated Press
| April 2, 2020 10:30 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's confirmed number of coronavirus cases spiked 42% higher Thursday as a backlog of test results poured in and confirmed Gov. John Bel Edwards' message that the virus's footprint across the state is much wider than limited testing has been able to document so far.

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