Louisiana doctors cancel brain surgery to deal with influx of Covid patients

The coronavirus pandemic has so ravaged Louisiana that health workers in the state are canceling elective and non-critical surgeries to keep themselves from drowning in Covid patients.

NOLA.com reported on Monday that Louisiana's Governor John Bel Edwards addressed the press concerning the growing number of infections in his state.

"Looking ahead to tomorrow, we've reported more hospitalizations than at any other point in the pandemic," Mr Edwards said. "We're the worst in the country in terms of this COVID surge, and that is because of the Delta variant, which is a game-changer."