Upswing in COVID testing as holidays approach

BATON ROUGE - With COVID cases surging and the holidays fast approaching, Ochsner is offering free community testing around the capital area this week.At Blackwater United Methodist in Baker, workers said tested 20 people within the first 45 minutes of opening their doors Monday. And it’s a trend they’ve seen elsewhere recently.“The turnout recently has doubled and in some areas tripled,” testing supervisor Annette Martijn said.Martijn says the demand for