As COVID vaccinations are underway for frontline healthcare workers, they are also overwhelmed with a third wave of patients, Brooke Thorington has more.
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The state reported 50 more COVID-19 deaths yesterday, bringing the total number of confirmed coronavirus deaths to 6,577. The number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital increased by 70 to 1,597. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases is up to 252-thousand.

Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser claims New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has ruined a potential worldwide promotion for all Louisiana cities for writing a letter to Dick Clark Productions asking them not to include Christian pop star and Lafayette native Lauren Daigle on their Rockin New Year’s eve television show…
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Nungesser says Daigle was set to perform from New Orleans on New Year’s eve, but the Lt. Governor says she was pulled from the show. But a NOLA-dot-com report says Daigle was never booked for the show.

Louisiana education superintendent Cade Brumley believes school staff should be among the first group of people to receive the coronavirus vaccine as the vaccine rollout ramps up. Brumley says if teachers are in class, students are at class and parents are at work…
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The governor’s office says the state plans to follow CDC’s guidelines on who receives priority.