New Orleans area hospitals see significant drops in COVID-19 hospitalizations

New Orleans area hospitals are seeing significant drops in COVID-19 hospitalizations, a trend that’s also happening across the state. The number of COVID-19 patients in Louisiana hospitals is now less than 1,000. Sign up for our Newsletters East Jefferson General Hospital said at one point, there were more than 100 patients at the facility in Metairie. Now, there are about 20. Over at Ochsner, the health system had 800 cases among its seven…