392 people in Louisiana have tested positive for the coronavirus including Saints Coach Sean Payton and state Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson. Ten people have died from the virus and Governor John Bel Edwards says under a worst-case scenario, Louisiana is seven to ten days away from having its health care system overwhelmed as the cases continue to soar in the New Orleans area…
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Orleans Parish is home to 249 confirmed cases, 69 in Jefferson Parish.

Three state parks are being used to isolate people who are awaiting their coronavirus test results. Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser says the test subjects are from nursing homes, the homeless, and people who do not have anywhere else to go.
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The state is offering free mental health counseling to help people manage anxiety from the COVID-19 crisis. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Twenty-six of the state’s 64 parishes are reporting cases. Orleans and Jefferson Parishes are the top two. Following them its St. Tammany and Caddo. Each has 10.