COVID-19 cases are on the rise in St. Landry Parish and in the state with teachers returning to schools on Wednesday and students on Aug. 11.
There probably isn’t too may bright spots to be noted for the COVID-19 year, but Eunice Police statistics show the virus put a damper on arrests and traffic cases.
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be available to pharmacies statewide in limited supply beginning Monday to be administered to people 70 and older and additional health care workers.
St. Landry and Acadia parish bars were cleared to reopen after the Louisiana Department of Health reported COVID-19 positivity rates of less than 5% for the last two weeks.
The federal program meant to help workers who lost wages due to the COVID-19 pandemic and response has ended.
The economic consequences of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the oil glut generated by the Saudis and Russians, and the lack of storage are being felt at a much quicker pace than previously projected, gravely threatening Louisiana’s energy sector, a
Recently released employment numbers may be the best for the year given COVID-19 layoffs and the downturn in the oil and gas industry.
The 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. St. Landry Parish curfew is not causing any issues, according to Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot.
“There are still people moving about, but we can’t stop everybody,” he said.
A news conference announced the first person in St. Landry Parish had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
That was Thursday morning. By the afternoon a second person in the parish had tested positive for the virus.
Beginning Wednesday, the following City of Eunice buildings were closed to the public:
— The Eunice City Hall at 300 South 2nd Street.
— The Eunice Library at South 2nd Street and Park Avenue.