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ONE HUNDRED SEVEN PHARMACIES IN THE STATE HAVE RECEIVED LIMITED DOSES OF THE MODERNA COVID-NINETEEN VACCINE. THERE’S ONLY SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL QUALIFY FOR THE FIRST DOSES INCLUDING THOSE AGED SEVENTY AND OLDER. SEVENTEEN PHARMACIES IN ACADIANA HAVE RECEIVED THE DOSES INCLUDING FIVE IN LAFAYETTE. TO FIND OUT THE PHARMACY IN YOUR AREA, GO ONLINE TO L-D-H-DOT-L-A-DOT-GOV.
THE NUMBER OF NEW COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN LOUISIANA JUMPED BY MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED TODAY. THE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR NOW EXCEEDS TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND. HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE NEARING TWO THOUSAND WITH ANOTHER EIGHTY THREE TODAY. HOWEVER THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DECREASED BY TWO. THERE ARE FORTY-THREE MORE DEATHS IN THE STATE, MOVING THE TOTAL PAST SEVEN THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED.
ACADIANA HAS SEVEN MORE COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS REPORTED TODAY, INCLUDING FIVE IN ACADIA PARISH. LAFAYETTE AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES RECORDED ONE EACH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD ONE DEATH WITH WAS IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THERE WERE SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-ONE NEW CASES IN ACADIANA INCLUDING TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. THE TOTAL IS NOW OVER FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND FOR THE YEAR. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ADDED NINETY-FOUR NEW CASES. CALCASIEU PARISH HAD THE MOST WITH THIRTY-FOUR.
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S PATROL OFFICE ON PROVIDENCE STREET IN NEW IBERIA HAS BEEN CLOSED TO WALK-IN SERVICE. SHERIFF TOMMY ROMERO SAYS HE MADE THE DECISION BECAUSE OF CONCERNS ABOUT COVID-NINETEEN. HE SAYS HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THE STAFF REMAINS HEALTHY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. ANYONE NEEDING ASSISTANCE CAN STILL CALL THE OFFICE AT THREE-SIX-FOUR-THIRTY-SEVEN-ELEVEN.
LAFAYETTE’S NEW POLICE CHIEF SAYS EXPECT A CHANGE IN L-P-D OPERATIONS. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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Louisiana’s top elections official is asking lawmakers to back his proposal to broaden the mail-in balloting options for spring municipal elections and two upcoming special congressional elections because of the coronavirus pandemic. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin wants to use the same expansion of absentee-by-mail voting that was in place for the summer and fall elections, including the November presidential competition. Lawmakers on House and Senate oversight committees today will consider the package of COVID-19 emergency rules proposed by the Republican elections chief. If approved there, they advance to the full Legislature for a vote.
A Louisiana couple has been charged with abandonment after their 3-year-old child was found walking alone in the middle of a road. The Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to the street near Ragley on Sunday by a driver who spotted the toddler walking unattended down the middle of the road. Deputies say they determined that 41-year-old Rochelle Renee Riley left her home to go to the store and 27-year-old Brock Kevin Manuel failed to watch their children. Investigators say the children have been turned over to their grandmother.
THERE WAS A SHOOTING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH WASHINGTON AND ROBERTS STREETS IN OPELOUSAS. POLICE BECAME AWARE OF THE SHOOTING AFTER SEEING A CAR BEING DRIVEN ERRATICALLY AND THE DRIVER INDICATED TO POLICE THEY WERE RUSHING TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE A MAN IN THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN HIT IN THE NECK AREA BY A BULLET. INVESTIGATORS LEARNED THAT THE SHOTS WERE FIRED FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION RELATED TO THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE OPELOUSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
