BATON ROUGE - On Thursday Gov. john bel Edwards announced the new text alert system that will " provide timely COVID-19 updates and other critical guidance directly from the governor’s office to Louisiana residents."

Gov. Edwards posted on Facebook urging all Louisiana residents sign-up for the new text alert system so everyone can stay up to date with anything related to COVID-19. 

To receive these alerts text ‘LACOVID’ to 67283.