83 people are dead from the state’s 2,305 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including a 17-year-old from New Orleans, the first minor to die from the coronavirus in Louisiana. Governor John Bel Edwards says it is a reminder that everyone is at risk.
Cut 10 (11) “…it doesn’t discriminate.”
Orleans Parish has the highest per capita death rate in the U-S as New Orleans has deloped into a coronavirus hot spot. But the governor says he’s also concerned about an uptick in cases in northwest Louisiana…
cut 12 (10) “…a statewide problem”
Edwards says the focus remains on flattening the curve and calls on citizens to do better with social distancing.

The lottery is not immune to the coronavirus pandemic. There are fewer sales for the Powerball so the minimum jackpot has been lowered from 40 to 20-million dollars. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Kim Chopin says with state offices closed, they can not produce any more scratch-off games…
cut 6 (10) “…weeks”
Also, if you win a prize of more than 600-dollars, you can’t claim it, because lottery offices are closed.

Lincoln Parish Sheriff deputies have added another task to their job and that’s delivering groceries. L-P-S-O spokesperson Matthew Henderson says deputies began delivering groceries to elderly and at-risk people…
cut 8 (10) “…coming in”
But Henderson says the deputies find the delivery service very rewarding.