6-23-20
Louisiana won’t be easing its restrictions on businesses because the state is seeing a troubling, recent uptick in coronavirus cases. Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Monday that he’ll keep in place the current limitations on restaurants, bars and retailers enacted on June 5, which were set to expire Friday. The decision comes as Louisiana exceeded the grim mark of 3,000 deaths from the outbreak. The Democratic governor was considering moving Louisiana from Phase 2 to Phase 3 of reopening under the White House guidelines. But he decided against the move based on the latest surge in cases of the COVID-19 disease and hospitalizations over the last week.
THERE ARE ONE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES IN LOUISIANA. THAT MOVES THE TOTAL TO FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE. THE STATE SAW SEVENTEEN MORE DEATHS FROM COVID NINETEEN. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-NINETEEN CONTINUES ON AN UPWARD TRAJECTORY, INCLUDING SIXTEEN MORE TODAY. THERE ARE SIX MORE PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS.
LAFAYETTE PARISH HAD ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES, MOVING THE TOTAL FOR THE PARISH ABOVE FIFTEEN HUNDRED. OVERALL FOR ACADIANA, THERE WERE THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX MORE CASES, FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR. THERE ARE FOUR MORE COVID NINETEEN DEATHS FOR ACADIANA. THAT INCLUDES THREE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, TWO IN ST. LANDRY PARISH AND ONE IN ST. MARY PARISH. HOWEVER THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ADJUSTED DOWN THE TOTAL IN ST. MARTIN PARISH BY TWO.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO NEW COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS FOR THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW. THE TOTAL REMAINS AT SEVENTY-SEVEN. THERE ARE NINETY-EIGHT MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES WITH CALCASIEU PARISH ADDING FIFTY. THE TOTAL IS ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR.
LAFAYETTE GENERAL HOSPITAL’S COVID-NINETEEN TESTING IN ST. MARTIN PARISH CONTINUES TODAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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SEVERAL RESTAURANTS IN LAFAYETTE HAVE CLOSED AFTER POSITIVE TESTS FOR COVID-NINETEEN AMONG THEIR EMPLOYEES. THE TEXAS ROADHOUSE VOLUNTARILY CLOSED YESTERDAY AFTER SOME ITS EMPLOYEES TESTED POSITIVE. THEY DID A DEEP CLEANSING OF THE RESTAURANT AND WILL DECIDE LATER WHEN TO REOPEN. LAFONDA RESTAURANT IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR TESTING AND THOROUGH SANITIZING AFTER AN EMPLOYEE HAD A POSITIVE TEST. TAO ASIAN CUISINE AND TSUNAMI HAVE ALSO TEMPORARILY CLOSED AFTER EACH HAD AN EMPLOYEE TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-NINETEEN.
A NEW FOUR STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS OPENED IN LAKE CHARLES. IT IS THE LARGEST SINGLE APARTMENT BUILDING TO OPEN IN DOWNTOWN LAKE CHARLES IN MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS WITH TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY APARTMENTS. SENIOR PROPERTY MANAGER COLLEEN PHILLIPS SAYS LEASING HAS PICKED UP WITH MANY COMING FROM OUT OF STATE FOR JOBS OFFERED IN THE LAKE AREA. A COMMUNITY-WIDE OPEN HOUSE IS PLANNED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT FROM SIX TO NINE.
A CROWLEY WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SETTING FIRE TO A HOUSE SHE WAS RENTING. THE HOUSE FIRE HAPPENED LAST THURSDAY IN THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST EIGHTH STREET. AN INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS INTENTIONALLY SET AFTER FINDING MULTIPLE AREAS OF ORIGIN AND WITNESSES SAID THEY SAW THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD SHIRLANA TRALAR LEAVE THE HOUSE MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRE STARTED. TRALAR HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF SIMPLE ARSON.
