re: Baton Rouge metropolitan area is going through a 3rd surge in Covid-19 cases

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After treating 416 patients over nearly 7 months, the facility last month entered what state officials call a “warm status,” where the medical facility is no longer operating but can be ramped back up within 72 hours. It discharged its final patients in late October, according to a census count of the facility.

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Under the new “warm status,” the state expects to pay about $1.7 million in November and December on the skeleton facility, according to the documents.

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