Situational Awareness Report
23 March 2020
As of 5:30 p.m.
State EOC Activation Level: Level III (Partial Activation)
WebEOC Incident: 20-008 Coronavirus – Statewide – 2020
State Declaration Proclamation Number: 25 JBE 2020
For Consolidated Information Sharing: http://emergency.louisiana.gov/
SITUATION: There is an expanding global outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that was first detected in China and which has now been detected in more than 100 locations internationally, including in the United States. The virus has been named “SARS-CoV-2” and the disease it causes has been named “coronavirus disease 2019” (abbreviated “COVID-19”).