5-7-20
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says he expects to announce Monday whether the state will be able to begin a phased reopening of businesses shuttered by the fight against the new coronavirus. His current stay-at-home order runs through May 15. Edwards said Wednesday the overall trends appear positive. But data isn’t yet available on whether all regions of Louisiana meet criteria issued last month in White House guidelines on reopenings. The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Louisiana continues to trend downward — dropping below 1,500 Wednesday. The number of confirmed coronavirus infections is over 30,000 as testing increases. More than 20,000 are presumed to have recovered. There have been 2,094 deaths.
THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES IN ACADIANA ROSE BY FORTY-FOUR YESTERDAY. THE TOTAL IS ONE THOUSAND, SIX-HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN. THERE WERE FIVE MORE DEATHS FOR A TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE. THE DEATHS WERE IN LAFAYETTE, ST. MARY, ST. LANDRY AND IBERIA PARISHES, AND VERMILLION PARISH HAD IT’S SECOND DEATH FROM COVID-NINETEEN.
THERE WERE ONLY SEVEN MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING SIX IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL IS AT SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT. THERE WERE TWO MORE DEATHS, ONE EACH IN CALCASIEU AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES. THE TOTAL IS FIFTY-FOUR.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT IS JOINING ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY IN ASKING THE GOVERNOR TO ALLOW CHURCHES TO REOPEN IMMEDIATELY. AT A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY SAID THAT, IF STORES AND BUSINESSES CAN BE SAFELY REOPENED, CHURCHES OUGHT TO BE REOPENED SAFELY AS WELL. LANDRY ASKED THE GOVERNOR LAST WEEK TO AMEND HIS STAY AT HOME ORDER, LOOSENING RESTRICTIONS ON CHURCHES WHILE GIVING THEM A LONG LIST OF BEST PRACTICES TO FOLLOW. GUILLORY SAYS OUR PASTORS AND PARISHIONERS ARE SMART.
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WILL BE PROVIDING GRANTS TO NONPROFITS THROUGH THEIR NEW EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND. THE FOUNDATION HAS RECEIVED OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, MOST OF WHICH COMES FROM DONATIONS. HALF OF THAT WILL GO TOWARD GRANTS OF BETWEEN FIVE HUNDRED TO TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, DEPENDING ON THE ORGANIZATION’S NEEDS. THE GRANTS ARE TO HELP THE NONPROFITS TO PAY FOR NECESSITIES TO REOPEN THEIR SERVICES IN A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MANNER.
A MAN, SUSPECTED OF STEALING AN OPELOUSAS POLICE UNIT, WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTOUT IN TEXAS. GERALD GREUNIG REPORTS.
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A CROWLEY WOMAN WENT TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH YESTERDAY MORNING AND SHE HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE. THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN LOCATING THIRTY-ONE YEAR-OLD HILARY SUIRE MORVANT. SHE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BLACK SHIRT WITH BLACK AND PINK SHORTS. ANYBODY WHO KNOWS WHERE SHE CAN BE FOUND IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT 788-87-HUNDRED.
