The weekend two-day count of new Covid-19 cases totals 3,478.
Locally Orleans Parish reports 139 new cases with no deaths over the two-day period.
There are 27 patients who have succumb to the virus so far bringing the death count to 6,260.
In all there are have been 220,192 people who have come down with the coronavirus, with 185,960 people presumed to have recovered.
While the numbers appear to spiking statewide, Louisiana is recognized one of the few states where the latest wave of Covid-19 appears to be not as harsh as in other places as in the north and western United States.





