6-2-20
LOUISIANA WILL MOVE INTO PHASE TWO OF REOPENING THIS FRIDAY. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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THERE WERE THIRTY FOUR ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN LOUISIANA FROM COVID-NINETEEN FOR A TOTAL OF TWO THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTS FOUR-HUNDRED FIVE MORE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS AS THE TOTAL COMES TO FORTY-THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY SIX. THERE ARE TWENTY-TWO FEWER COVID-NINETEEN PATIENTS IN LOUISIANA HOSPITALS FOR A TOTAL OF SIX- HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DROPPED BY TWO TO EIGHTY-THREE.
THERE ARE THREE ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN ACADIANA. THE TOTAL COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS IS AT TWO HUNDRED ONE. ACADIANA HAS AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY-SIX CORONAVIRUS CASES, INCLUDING TEN MORE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. LAFAYETTE PARISH LEADS THE WAY WITH EIGHT-HUNDRED THREE TOTAL CASES, WHILE THE WHOLE REGION HAS TWO-THOUSAND SIX-HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDED NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS. THE TOTAL STANDS AT SEVENTY. THERE ARE THREE NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS FOR A TOTAL OF NINE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT. CALCASIEU PARISH LEADS THE WAY WITH THREE MORE CASES FOR A TOTAL OF SIX HUNDRED ELEVEN.
AN OUTBREAK OF CORONAVIRUS CASES HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AT THE BORDEN DAIRY FACILITY IN LAFAYETTE. A SPOKESWOMAN SAYS AN EMPLOYEE WAS TESTED AFTER FEELING SICK ON MAY TWENTY-FIRST AND THE RESULT CAME BACK POSITIVE FOUR DAYS LATER. THE PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN TEMPORARILY FOR SANITATION AND ALMOST EVERYONE WAS TESTED WITH SEVERAL MORE POSITIVE RESULTS. THE COMPANY ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT NOW ALL EMPLOYEES ARE CHECKED FOR THEIR TEMPERATURE UPON ARRIVAL AND THEY WEAR MASKS, SOCIALLY DISTANCE AND FOLLOW OTHER SAFETY MEASURES.
LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ HAS FIRED A DEPUTY WHO POSTED A MEME ON FACEBOOK THAT WAS DEEMED OFFENSIVE. TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PATROLMAN RONALD MILLS WAS FIRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE ADMITTED POSTING THE MEME. IT WAS A PHOTO OF AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER WITH BLOOD ON THE HOOD AND IT SAID “JUST DROVE THROUGH MINNEAPOLIS, DIDN’T SEE ANY PROTESTERS.” GUIDROZ SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT HAS A POLICY FORBIDDING DEPUTIES FROM PUBLISHING POSTS THAT WOULD UNDERMINE OR TARNISH THE REPUTATION OF THE OFFICE OR RELATE THEMSELVES TO OPINIONS THAT WOULD BRING CRITICISMS OR EMBARRASSMENT TO THE OFFICE.
A PEACEFUL RALLY WAS HELD IN CROWLEY LAST NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE PROTESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LOCAL LEADERS JOINED RESIDENTS TO LEARN HOW THE MOVEMENT AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE IS AFFECTING THEM. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD TELLS KATC TV THAT THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF COMING TOGETHER IS THAT THOSE AT THE RALLY ARE UNITED. MORE RALLIES ARE PLANNED FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR SUSPECTS CONNECTED TO A SHOOTING THAT HAPPPENED LATE LAST NIGHT. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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