Most new COVID cases in one day in Louisiana
| By Drew Broach | Deputy metro editor HOLIDAY HEADS-UP: Twenty-one months into the coronavirus pandemic, Louisiana set another ignominious record Wednesday, reporting its highest single-day increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases. (See the trend lines.) For once, Louisiana was not an outlier: The United States overall also logged its biggest increase in new COVID cases.Even the lions at Audubon Zoo are coming down with the disease.Check out all our pandemic coverage.POLICE PAYOUT: In death, Keeven Robinson was worth $308,500, according to a court agreement reached between the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office and the wife and widow of the 22-year-old drug suspect whom deputies killed in Old Jefferson on May 10, 2018. A BOURBON STREET STORY: Two guys met in a bar on Bourbon Street on Christmas Eve. One agreed to sell the other marijuana for $30. Money changed hands, but the weed was fake. The buyer objected. The dealer refunded his money. The buyer pulled a knife and partially disemboweled the dealer. Thanks for starting your day with us. Keep up with the latest news all day on NOLA.com. D.B. |
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| Louisiana reported the highest single-day increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, according to the Louisiana Department of Healt… Read more |
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| CHICAGO (AP) — More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on r… Read more |
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| Staffers are in the process of testing the three other African lions. Read more |
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| A little over $300,000 is the amount Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto’s office has agreed to pay to settle a pair of federal lawsuits over the death of Keeven Robinson, who died in a struggle with narcotics deputies in 2018 after a foot chase through Old Jefferson backyards. Read more |
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| Christmas Eve deal lands victim in hospital, suspect in jail Read more |
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