12:30 LRN Newscast Nov 27

The department of health reports just over 5,000 new COVID-19 cases that number includes cases that weren’t reported on Thanksgiving. 41 fatalities have also been reported today and 1,074 are currently hospitalized.

Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday, and many are depending on your business more than ever. Jeff Palermo has more.

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A heroic home health worker dies in a Delphi home fire while trying to save her 71-year-old paraplegic patient. Fire Marshal’s spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says as the house fire broke out 64-year-old Gwendolyn Theus attempted to assist her patient out of the house and then was overwhelmed with smoke. Rodrigue says it’s a tragic story.

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Modified Phase Two restrictions reduces gatherings from 150 to 75 forcing many couples to alter their holiday wedding plans. New Orleans area wedding planner Samantha Capone says many couples had postponed their weddings to the end of the year already and reduced to 150 guests.

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