Louisiana has officially surpassed 18,000 COVID-19 deaths since the state recorded its first COVID- 19 death on March 14, 2020. The Louisiana Department of Health reported 18,023 people have died in its Monday COVID-19 data update.
GRAMBLING — Grambling State University has lifted the protective mask requirement that has been in effect since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020. Face masks and coverings may be worn on campus but are not required, effective immediately.
As the second anniversary of Lincoln Parish’s first confirmed cases of COVID-19 nears, new local cases of the potentially deadly respiratory virus have come almost to a halt.
Lincoln Parish residents have another opportunity to get free COVID-19 rapid test kits today through an additional allocation from the Louisiana Department of Health.
COVID-related student absences in Lincoln Parish public schools are at their lowest total in two months as signs point to Louisiana’s Omicron variant-driven fifth surge of the virus continuing to trend down.
