'We want to make sure that we're doing everything possible to stay the course,' Mayor LaToya Cantrell said.
"We want to make sure that we're doing everything possible to stay the course. That means our economy open, businesses flourishing and also speaks to the return of Mardi Gras 2022," she said.
Some changes are being made to the parade routes, she said. However, no Krewes—the social groups that organize parades and balls for the festival—would be asked to move from their traditional day, but that every parade would make some accommodations."No one is being singled out," Cantrell said.On Monday, the state reported a seven-day average of 1,009 new cases per day on Monday, up from an average of 421 one month earlier, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Meanwhile, the United States had a seven-day average of 143,164 new cases per day, up from 91,194 a month earlier, according to data from TThe surge in cases and concerns surrounding the Omicron variant prompted the cancellation of other events across the country. In New York, some Broadway shows were
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