The state is on a six-day streak of COVID hospitalization decreases, down today by 16 to 1,471. Nearly 1500 new cases were reported, bringing the state’s total to just shy of 126-thousand. 41 new fatalities.
The Louisiana Department of Agriculture receives the state’s first reported case of a dog testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says the dog, like most animals that test positive for the virus, was not sick.
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Senator Bill Cassidy proposes a second round of stimulus checks that would send 1,000 dollars to most Americans, instead of the previous 1,200 to working adults and 500 to their children. It may be 200 dollars less for some people, but Cassidy says a grand would still go a long way.
The Colorado State Hurricane forecast team has revised its forecast and they are now calling for an extremely active season with 24 named storms. C-S-U researcher Jhordanne Jones says they also believe we’ll see a dozen hurricanes, five of them will be major hurricanes. 2005 set the record for most named storms in one year with 27 and that includes Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Jones says warm sea surface temperatures and very low wind shear in the tropical Atlantic are primary factors for the extremely active season…