The governors of Michigan and Louisiana, two emerging hot spots of the coronavirus outbreak, warned Sunday of looming shortages of essential medical supplies as the health crisis worsens.
New Orleans has become the epicenter of Louisiana's outbreak, according to Governor John Bel Edwards, who said there are positive coronavirus cases in 56 of Louisiana's 64 parishes, the equivalent of a state county.
"Ventilators are the short-term, really big pressing issue we're trying to solve for," he said. "Really difficult because every state is looking for these. There are only so many to be had." While expressing gratitude for the supplies, she also said the state will "be in dire straits again in a matter of days."
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