Luke Letlow, who was only 41 and had no known underlying health conditions, died Tuesday night at Ochsner-LSU Health Shreveport ā days before he was scheduled to be sworn into office, according to his spokesman Andrew Bautsch.
Ghali, of LSU Health Shreveport, told The Advocate that Letlow didn't have any underlying health conditions that would have placed him at greater risk of developing complications from COVID-19.
"There was no one like Luke Letlow, and there was no one who loved this state and its people more.
Luke was a part of our family, and we are so incredibly proud of the man he was.āBefore working for Abraham, Letlow had worked for former Gov.
Letlow is one of more than 7,000 people in Louisiana who have died from COVID-19 since March, according to data from the state health department.