The state says today’s dramatic increase of 710 new positive COVID-19 results is due to a backlog of tests from two new labs that have begun reporting results electronically. LDH reports only 329 of the tests came from regular reporting that does not include those two labs, which is much closer in line with the numbers Louisiana has seen this week. The 710 new tests brings the state total to 28,711 positive confirmed COVID cases.
The 2020 Legislative regular session will resume Monday and lawmakers will have until the end of the month to pass whatever legislation needs to get done, plus the state budget. Nearly 14-hundred bills have been filed for this session, but Senate President Page Cortez says most of the bills will not be heard because the regular session must end on June 1st.
An anti-shutdown rally is set to take place outside the Governor’s Mansion this Saturday headlined by a few legislative leaders from around the state. Oil City Republican Danny McCormick will speak at the event and says he expects a large crowd to be there based on the responses he’s seen on the online event page.
Cut 11 (10) “…our normal life.”
The rally starts at noon.
The state is ramping up COVID-19 contact tracing this month and that means you may be getting a call from a health official if you or someone close to you tests positive. If you are a close contact to confirmed COVID case you may be asked to quarantine for 14 days. Governor Edwards lists a few of the people who may be called.