Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Alex Billioux says the state is having some difficulties getting answers from its COVID contact tracing program. He says first off the recent explosion in cases is making it tough to get to people in a timely manner. And…
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And Billioux says when they can get in contact with a confirmed COVID-positive person, most of them are not telling tracers who they may have infected.

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture says the state has its first reported case of a dog testing positive for the coronavirus. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says the dog, like most animals that test positive for the virus, was not sick.
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Strain is not providing details about the dog or where the owner lives.

A study of the Cancer Consortium Registry reveals patients with cancer who get COVID can be eight times more likely to die than the average person who contracts the disease. Matt Doyle has more.
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