The state health department reported 26-hundred new COVID-19 cases today and the number of coronavirus patients in the hospital rose to 874. That’s a 121-patient increase in just four days. Governor John Bel Edwards is asking residents to follow the mitigation measures in order to reduce transmission of the virus…

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Edwards is asking families to not plan for large Thanksgiving gatherings.

Health officials say there is light at the end of the tunnel with Pfizer and Moderna releasing statements that say early studies show their COVID vaccines are showing an effective rate above 90-percent. But Associate Professor at Tulane’s School of Medicine Doctor Lisa Morici says we don’t know if the vaccines can prevent transmission…

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New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond is leaving the U.S. House of Representatives to be a senior adviser to President-Elect Joe Biden. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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This Friday and Saturday will be a state sales tax holiday. State lawmakers approved the sales tax holiday as a way to provide relief for Louisiana residents recovering from Hurricanes Laura and Delta as well as a coronavirus pandemic. So on Friday and Saturday, you will not pay the 4.45-percent state sales tax on most purchases.