The state reports 2,247 COVID hospitalizations today, topping yesterday’s all-time record and under 48-uhundred new cases and 44 fatalities.
COVID has been historically associated with cough, fever, and shortness of breath, but these days in the Delta surge more and more people are suffering symptoms that you wouldn’t expect. Matt Doyle has more.
An early morning crash in St. Tammany Parish claims the lives of two teens and leaves two others hospitalized. Saint Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Captain Lance Vitter says the four young girls were occupants of a 2019 Honda Civic that left the roadway, struck two trees, a telephone pole, and other stationary objects. Vitter says it’s unknown if one of the fatalities included the driver of the vehicle.
The tropics have been quiet lately, but NOAA’s climate prediction center still predicts an above-average hurricane season with 15 to 21 named storms. In May NOAA predicted 13 to 20 named storms. But lead seasonal hurricane forecaster Matthew Rosencrans says that’s not the 30 named storms recorded during the historic 2020 season…