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BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday announced that he will extend Louisiana’s current Phase Two order, which also includes a statewide mask mandate, limits indoor social gatherings to 50 people and prohibits on-premises consumption of alcohol at bars for another two weeks, as COVID-19 incidence remains high across the state and hospitalizations continue to rise. All of the latest restrictions outlined in the Phase Two order are in keeping with recommendations from the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

The Vermilion Parish School District decided to modify the face mask covering policy.
On Thursday, the school adopted a policy that students from third grade to 12 grade and staff members are required to wear face-covering to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Bus drivers will also be required to wear a face-covering while students are loading and unloading from the school bus.
On Monday, the school board modified the school mask policy that they first adopted at Thursday’s meeting.

A tropical wave near Cuba is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday night or early Wednesday.
Gov. John Bel Edwards said Tuesday that the storm could cause high wind and heavy rain in southeast Louisiana as early as Wednesday.
The National Hurricane Center said Tuesday that the storm has a 30% chance of developing further over the next two days and a 40% chance over the next five days.
Here are statements from government meteorologists:
From the National Hurricane Center: