COVID hospitalizations in the state exceed 22-hundred today toppling yesterday’s all-time record. The Louisiana Department of Health reports more than 47-hundred new COVID-19 cases today and says the state positivity rate is the highest it’s been since April of 2020.
Vaccinated people were not excluded from the statewide mask mandate that goes into effect today. Matt Doyle has the story…
An early morning crash in St. Tammany Parish claims the lives of two young girls and leaves two others hospitalized. Saint Tammany Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Captain Lance Vitter says the one-vehicle accident on Guste Island Road west of Madisonville happened shortly after midnight and two young girls were pronounced dead on the scene.
Vitter says the vehicle struck several stationary objects and the cause remains under investigation.
Grambling State University utilizes federal pandemic recovery funds to pay off 1.5 million dollars in student account balances accrued from spring 2020 through the summer of 2021. Associate VP of Finance Sheliah Faucette says they want to attract students back to the famed Historically Black University.