Louisiana has seen three straight days of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the metric used by health officials to track the actual rate of community spread. Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Alex Billioux says their contact tracing data shows this is largely due to increased social interactions in recent weeks, and possibly because of Memorial Day.
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Billioux says it does not appear this recent increase in transmissions is disproportionately due to new clusters in nursing homes.

The U-S Senate plans to vote on police reform legislation next week. Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy looks forward to the debate and wants lawmakers to take a look at the policies the New Orleans Police Department follows…
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A new study shows mutations the mutated strain of coronavirus circulating the United States is more infectious than the original strain in China. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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State Police is investigating an officer-involved shooting last night in New Iberia. A suspect who led authorities on a chase that started in Vermilion Parish fired his weapon towards officers as the pursuit ended in New Iberia. Investigators say officers returned fire, striking the suspect, who received non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect was released from a hospital and is now in police custody.