Governor John Bel Edwards shares a look into his family holiday plans. Kevin Gallagher has more
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The state says they believe 84 percent of the COVID-19 cases diagnosed in Louisiana during the week that ended Saturday are from the Omicron variant. The omicron percentage compares to federal estimates of 92% for the region which is made up of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The nationwide average is 73-percent.
About two handfuls of players including the Saint’s top two quarterbacks, Taysom Hill and Trevor Siemian are on COVID reserve. Saints Tight End Nick Vannett (Van-it) the only active TE on the Saints roster, is familiar with major shuffling for COVID, last November when he played for Denver, the Broncos had only a day’s notice before they played the Saints without a quarterback.
The Saint play Miami Monday night in the Dome.
If you’re hoping to model that Ugly Christmas sweater tomorrow, you might want to rethink your choice of fashion because well, it’s just too uncomfortable for a sweater in this heat in Louisiana. State Climatologist Barry Keim says we can expect high temperatures around 80, which is a few degrees lower than the Christmas Day record of 85, set in 1903. He says the chill will eventually return, but…