Gov. Edwards says Louisiana will stay in Phase 2 for another 21 days

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards holds up his own mask, taken off while he was speaking, to remind Louisiana residents that a highly effective thing within their power to do to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to simply wear a mask, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at a press conference update on the state’s COVID-19 situation at the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, La.(STAFF PHOTO BY TRAVIS SPRADLING | Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP)

8-4-20- (KALB)

Governor John Bel Edwards is extending the Phase 2 restrictions on Louisiana for another 21 days. Edwards made the announcement on August 4 during a COVID-19 press conference.

The governor says that Louisiana has been moving in the right direction, but… “It’s too early to say we have changed the trajectory in a way that will stay.”

Edwards issued a PSA to people 29 and younger, who, on average, make up around 30% or more of the new cases daily, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.