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THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED TWO HUNDRED MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS YESTERDAY. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES STANDS AT TWENTY-NINE-THOUSAND-THREE-HUNDRED-AND-FORTY. THERE WERE NINETEEN MORE PEOPLE KILLED BY THE DISEASE. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF ONE THOUSAND, NINE-HUNDRED-SIXTY-NINE DEATHS.
THERE WERE ONLY SIX MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN ACADIANA. THE TOTAL IN THE REGION IS ONE THOUSAND, FIVE-HUNDRED-NINETY-NINE. THERE WERE TWO MORE DEATHS IN ACADIANA, ONE EACH IN IBERIA AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES. THE TOTAL IS AT ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE.
THERE ARE SIX-HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING SIX NEW CASES IN CALCASIEU PARISH AND ONE MORE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH. THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS. THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA STANDS AT FORTY-NINE.
LAFAYETTE POLICE CORPORAL BRIDGETTE DUGAS, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT, SAYS HER MOM WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY AFTER MORE THAN A MONTH IN A COMA DUE TO COVID-NINETEEN. SHE SAYS FAMILY AND FRIENDS CHEERED FIFTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD KIM POULLARD AND HONORED HER WITH A DRIVE-BY PARADE. DUGAS SAYS IT’S BEEN OVER FORTY DAYS SO “THIS IS LIKE A MIRACLE.” SHE SAYS HER MOM TOLD HER SHE REMEMBERS BEING IN THE COMA AND COULD HEAR PEOPLE PRAYING FOR HER.
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CAMERON PARISH IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FREE MASKS. THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR BUSINESSES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FAITH-BASED GROUPS AND NON-PROFITS WITHIN THE PARISH. THE REQUESTS WILL BE FILLED ACCORDING TO MERIT AND BASED ON THEIR SUPPLY. THE MASKS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT MAY AT TIMES, DATES AND SITES WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.
AN OPELOUSAS MAN WAS KILLED AFTER CRASHING INTO A BUILDING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RAILROAD AVENUE AND LANDRY STREET AT AROUND NINE SATURDAY NIGHT. POLICE TRIED TO PULL OVER A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY FIFTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD EDGAR FOREMAN AFTER HE RAN A STOP SIGN AND NEARLY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. FOREMAN SPED AWAY, RUNNING RED LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS, BEFORE CRASHING INTO THE BUILDING, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAYS THEY ARE AWAITING RESULTS OF TOXICOLOGY TESTS, BUT THEY SUSPECT FOREMAN WAS IMPAIRED.
FIREFIGHTING AGENCIES IN ST. MARY PARISH ARE REGROUPING TODAY TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON A FIRE THAT BEGAN ON APRIL FIFTEENTH. ST. MARY PARISH FIRE DISTRICT THREE WAS THE FIRST TO RESPOND TO THE FIRE OFF OF GIBBY ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY ONE EIGHTY-TWO INVOLVING BAGASSE, WHICH IS SUGARCANE PULP. FIRE CHIEF CLARENCE J. CLARK SAYS MULTIPLE AGENCIES HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS MAN AND EQUIPMENT HOURS AND HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO THIRTY MILES AN HOUR. HE SAYS MORE THAN EIGHTY THOUSAND GALLONS OF WATER HAVE BEEN DUMPED ON IT BUT, AS OF FRIDAY, THERE WERE STILL A FEW MINOR HOT SPOTS.
