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In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced antibodies-testing of shoppers at 3,000 supermarkets revealed 13.9 percent of New Yorkers had been infected with COVID-19 but in New York City, that number shot to 21 percent.  That would mean one in five people in the nation's largest city either has or has had the virus.

Richland Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness Director Dawn Williams announced April 23  effective immediately Woolen Lake is under an Emergency No Wake Zone.  

 The high-water level due to heavy rainfall has led Williams to issue the entire lake a no-wake zone, meaning that boaters can travel no faster than basic idle speed.

“When the lake is this full, the risk of property damage and even personal injury, as a result of large wakes from boats, becomes even greater,” Williams explained Thursday. “It can particularly impact damage to docks and boats.”

Harvard University researchers and epidemiologists are at it again, warning this time that America is nowhere close to having a true picture of the Coronavirus outbreak.  Other research and civic groups are beginning to agree.