Only 49.5 percent of Louisianans 18 and older have received a vaccine dose, second-worst in the nation ahead of only Mississippi. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says among those most vulnerable, the 65 and older crowd, that number is 80 percent.
Of those in Louisiana who have been vaccinated 27, or .002 percent, have died of a COVID from a breakthrough case.
Cara the escaped Burmese Python was given a clean bill of health from veterinarians after spending much of the week hiding in the Mall of Louisiana. That escape had a lot of people on edge but Dr. Christopher Austin with LSU’s Museum of Natural Science says the non-venomous reptile really didn’t pose much of a threat to Baton Rouge shoppers…
You have until midnight tonight to sign up for the first 100,000 dollar drawing in the state’s Shot at a Million vaccine incentive program. Assistant Secretary for the Office of Public Health Kimberly Hood says the sooner you get vaccinated and register the better your chances because they’ll be announcing weekly winners for the next five Fridays.
On August 13th the grand prize winner of a million dollars and five scholarship winners will be announced.
The average cost of a gallon of regular in Louisiana has crept up to 2.80 a gallon as the entire country has felt the pinch from gas prices that have jumped roughly 40 percent since the year began. AAA fuel analyst Don Redman says the national average is up over three dollars a gallon, a price we may be getting close to soon…
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Redman says California is seeing prices in the $4.30 a gallon range.