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Year after La.'s first COVID case, thousands of flags planted outside Capitol to honor those killed

3 years 2 weeks 6 days ago Monday, March 08 2021 Mar 8, 2021 March 08, 2021 4:19 PM March 08, 2021 in News
Source: wbrz
Photo: Julie O'Donoghue

BATON ROUGE - White flags covered the state Capitol lawn Monday, honoring each life lost to COVID-19 in Louisiana since the start of the pandemic.

Governor's office staffers placed the flags, one for each person killed by the virus, outside the Capitol building. Tuesday marks the anniversary of the state's first confirmed case of the coronavirus, which has caused 9,758 known deaths statewide according to the Louisiana Department of Health.

The first case was confirmed at an Orleans Parish hospital March 9. To date, there have been 434,289 known cases of COVID-19 in Louisiana.

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