Tiger Stadium will be capped at 25% for LSU’s upcoming football season. Interim LSU President Thomas Galligan highlights that the virus does not transmit as well outdoors and says they feel confident that social distancing can be accomplished 25% capacity.
The state has received approval to distribute disaster food stamps in 16 parishes impacted by Hurricane Laura. Shavana Howard with DCFS urges those who might be eligible to pre-register online first and then call in according to their last name on certain days to apply. A list of days can be found on the website.
Go to dcfs.la.gov/DSNAP
The LA GOP asks Governor Edwards to allow parish governments to make their own decisions about potentially moving to Phase Three. Matt Doyle has the story…
The state is reporting 1,511 new COVID-19 cases today, but that includes a backlog of 690 cases dating from August 6th to September 4th. The health department also reports 15 new deaths today and 17 new patients hospitalized