More than 75 COVID deaths over the weekend in Louisiana

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The Louisiana Department of Health recorded 77 more COVID-19 deaths from Friday to Sunday.

The number of new cases grew by nearly 1,200.  That's an average of about 600 per day, a big drop from the numbers just a few weeks ago.

Coronavirus hospitalizations fell by nearly 50 over the weekend, with 8 fewer people in ventilators in the state.