Governor John Bel Edwards says the state has yet to flatten the curve after reporting 500 new cases yesterday of COVID-19. The coronavirus has killed 83 people in the state, 676 were hospitalized as of Thursday and 239 were on ventilators…
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Edwards says that’s not a scare tactic as New Orleans needs an additional one-thousand ventilators.

Could the near-record high temperatures we are seeing help in the fight to limit the spread of the virus? Our Lady of the Lake infectious disease specialist Doctor Catherine O’Neal says there’s no research to show hot temperatures will limit the spread as it does for the flu…
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Lincoln Parish Sheriff deputies are showing up at residents’ homes with groceries instead of warrants. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Toilet paper has been difficult to find as millions of Americans have been ordered to stay at home. A spokesperson for the Georgia-Pacific Port Hudson plant near Zachary says they are producing toilet paper at 120-percent of its normal capacity. The mill is able to produce 40-thousand rolls of toilet paper each hour.