5-26-20
THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR COVID-NINETEEN INCREASED YESTERDAY BY THIRTY-FOUR. THE TOTAL IS NOW EIGHT-HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN. THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES WENT UP BY SIX-HUNDRED-FORTY, THOUGH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THEY RESOLVED A SERVER ERROR THAT IMPACTED REPORTS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. NINETY-FIVE PERCENT OF IMPACTED LABS WERE PULLED INTO YESTERDAY’S REPORT. THE TOTAL CASES IS AT THIRTY-SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINE. THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IS UP EIGHTEEN TO TWO-THOUSAND FIVE-HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE.
THERE ARE THIRTY-SEVEN MORE CASES REPORTED IN ACADIANA PARISHES. THE TOTAL IS TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY. THERE IS ONE MORE DEATH IN THE REGION FROM IBERIA PARISH. THE TOTAL IS ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE.
THERE ARE SEVEN NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES REPORTED IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, FOUR OF WHICH ARE IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL IS EIGHT-HUNDRED-EIGHTY-NINE. ONLY ONE MORE DEATH WAS REPORTED, THAT IN CALCASIEU PARISH AS WELL. THE TOTAL IS SIXTY-FIVE FOR THE REGION.
NEIGHBORHOOD COVID-NINETEEN TESTING IS COMING TO ACADIA PARISH BEGINNING TODAY. GERALD GREUNIG HAS MORE.
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LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE TRYING TO RECOVER ITEMS STOLEN FROM A HOME ON MAY TWELFTH, INCLUDING A VIOLIN, ACCORDIAN AND TRUMPET THAT THE HOMEOWNER, BECKY OWENS, SAYS HAS SENTIMENTAL VALUE. SHE SAYS HER MUSICIAN FRIENDS WOULD COME OVER AND PLAY MUSIC, WHICH BROUGHT HER A LOT OF JOY. SHE SAYS SHE BELIEVES THE THIEF WAS DRIVING A WHITE NISSAN SENTRA AND MAY HAVE SOLD THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. IF IT’S POSSIBLE YOU HAVE PURCHASED OR SEEN THE STOLEN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, YOU’RE ASKED TO CONTACT LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.
SHOTS WERE FIRED AT AN UNSUPERVISED GRADUATION PARTY AT A LOCAL BUSINESS IN LAKE CHARLES, WHERE AROUND TWO HUNDRED TEENS WERE PRESENT SUNDAY NIGHT. EIGHT PEOPLE WERE INJURED INCLUDING A SUSPECTED SHOOTER, SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD DEVIN LEVIER, WHO WILL FACE SEVERAL CHARGES WHEN HE IS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED SECOND DEGREE BATTERY. THE PERSON WHO DROVE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL, TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MARY BRIGNAC, WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BECAUSE LEVIER’S GUN, WHICH HAD BEEN STOLEN, WAS IN HER VEHICLE. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO OTHER SUSPECTS WHO WERE SEEN IN VIDEOS WITH GUNS.
THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A MOBILE HOME FIRE WHERE A BODY WAS FOUND. THE FIRE BROKE OUT SHORTLY BEFORE ELEVEN-THIRTY SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE FIFTY-FIVE-HUNDRED BLOCK OF SAINT LANDRY HIGHWAY. AFTER FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISHED THE BLAZE, THEY FOUND THE BODY INSIDE THE MOBILE HOME. NO FURTHER DETAILS INCLUDING THE IDENTITY OF THE BODY HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
A CHURCH POINT FAMILY HAS LOST EVERYTHING IN A FIRE THAT HAPPENED AROUND NOON ON SATURDAY. HEATHER PITRE SAID THAT AN HOUR AFTER LEAVING THE HOUSE, SHE GOT A CALL FROM A NEIGHBOR THAT HER HOUSE WAS ON FIRE. A FAULTY WIRE BEHIND A DRYER SPARKED THE FIRE. PITRE SAYS HER DOG, SOPHIA, WHICH SHE HAS HAD SINCE SHE WAS TWELVE, DIED FROM SMOKE INHALATION. HEATHER PITRE SAYS SHE SET UP A GOFUNDME ACCOUNT AND IS LOOKING FOR HELP THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
