Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Health announced the fourth winners of the Shot At A Million COVID-19 campaign.
July 22 to 28 positivity rate is 13.7%, up from 10.4% in the July 15 to 21 period.
ICU beds available in Region 4 as of the Wednesday update totaled 8 with 143 in use.
LSU said Wednesday that it will encourage but not require the 40,000 students on its campuses across the state to be vaccinated against the coronavirus before attending fall classes.
COVID-19’s delta variant is hitting St. Landry Parish hard as the state endures fourth wave of coronavirus.
Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Health announced the third winners of the Shot At A Million COVID-19 campaign.
COVID-19 vaccinations were available at Eunice High School Friday as St. Landry Parish and the state experiences a surge of infections.
Although state health officials have approved student vaccine mandates at four private colleges, LSU and the University of Louisiana System do not plan to seek a similar mandate until federal regulators fully approve the COVID-19 vaccines now bein
The White House COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge thinks the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s “Don’t Wait. Vaccinate!” incentives program is a capital idea.
A mask mandate has been implemented in the St. Landry Parish Courthouse common areas and courtrooms, Parish President Jessie Bellard said.
The restriction is in response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the parish and state.