the city's mortuaries have reached their limit and cannot acomment da accommodate or even pick up mores as the number of confirmed cases went up by more than 2,000 in louisiana between friday and saturday. cnn's ed lavandera is in new orleans with more. >> reporter: the state of louisiana is bracing for what could be a very difficult week. these are the coming days where the governor of this state and medical officials have been warning that the onslaught of coronavirus cases here in this state could begin to tax hospitals across the state with a shortage of beds, ventilators, medical equipment that they so desperately need. the latest numbers we have is that there are nearly 12,500 cases in the state. just over 400 deaths as well. and the numbers that state officials and medical officials look at is the number of beds and ventilators being used and that continues on an upward trend as well. to prepare for all of this, medical teams here have unveiled and say that the makeshift hospital at the new orleans convention center, it will be up and ready to go by monday morning and will be ac

if a vulnerable population needs to return to work, there should be special acome daaccommodatio for vulnerable populations. we want to have work return in phases, 30%, 40%, 50%. next slide. if schools are closed, they should remain closed. all visits to seniors and living facilities and hospitals should continue to be prohibited. large venues can only be operated under strict physical distancing protocols. gyms could open if they could adhere to strict physical distancing. phase two. again, you have to go through the criteria of a continuation of another 14-day decline. among those criteria. we are asking for vulnerable individuals shelter in place. we did not put a timeline on phases. we want governors with the data they have community by community setting up those timelines. we are asking the public to maximize physical distance, but increased social settings to now be able to have 50 individuals. nonessential travel can resume. this is for the employers. we would like to encourage telework. common areas should remain closed or be physically distant. all nonessential travel for em

these agreements are -- consistent of the acom technical engineer services, h.d.r. engineering, and g.e.i. consultants. on january 14, sfpuc commission approved contracts with the acom and h.d.r. and in january, g.e.i. was approved. sfpuc is asking the board of supervisors to approve contract with g.e.i. consultants, incorporated for a duration of 11 years, with a total amount of $11 million. with that, i hope the b.l.a. will propose to support the agreement. and with that, i'll turn it over for any questions. >> chair fewer: thank you, supervisor hui, can we have a b.l.a. report, please. >> yes. thank you. members of the committee, you're asking to approve a contract between the p.u.c. and g.e.i. consultants. this is the third of three contracts awarded by p.u.c. the purpose of the contract is to comply with california state dam safety requirement. so the $11 million is allocated to several projects shown in table 2 on page 10 of our report over 11 years, and we recommend approval. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. any comments, any questions or comments? if not

. $0.11, acoming in at little bit light. let's get you some of the headlines here. all of today's market moving news from new york, as will is washington. brent crude getting sucked into the lowest level since 1999. bloomberg's part two thought to be role -- bloomberg spoke to thought he be role -- spoke to fatih birol. >> some of the countries are cutting their production earlier than announced. others joined them. if others do not follow the steps of u.s., australia and others of putting oil in reserves, we might see further downward pressure on the prices. alix: joining me now with more is bloomberg's annmarie hordern. we are still waiting for any kind of official move from the white house. and also axactly, move from houston as well. the texas railroad commission, the regulator for the oil industry in texas, they are now on whether orote not they should pro mandate these cuts to may 5. what's going on in the market is not just a situation in wti. it is moving on to brent, and citi said if storage continues to worsen around the world, brent will follow. going lin