Modified Phase 1 restrictions go into effect Friday
Mayor Cantrell announces city to fall back to modified Phase 1
By Nicole Mumphrey | January 6, 2021 at 3:34 PM CST - Updated January 8 at 5:37 AM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell announced Wednesday that the city will fall back to a modified Phase 1.
The announcement came as the COVID-positivity rate in Orleans Parish jumped to 10.4%. That’s up from 5.5 percent.
Every #COVID19 measure we're watching is indicating major community outbreak in #NOLA:
��Positive test rate skyrocketed to over 10% in one week
��Daily new cases 7x higher than in fall months
There have been more than 21,000 positive cases of Coronavirus and 685 deaths.