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State continues to report lower numbers of COVID-19 infections as Phase 3 opens

Sunday’s Louisiana Department of Health report showed 157,455 identified COVID-19 infections so far, an increase of 1,353, or 0.54 percent, from Friday’s total of 156,174.

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