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By Malaika Jabali ·August 9, 2021August 9, 2021
Add the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival to the list of outdoor festivals getting canceled amid a surge of COVID-19 cases.
The 2021 Jazz Fest was initially postponed to October 2021 and is now canceled, as Louisiana set a new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations four days in a row this week, Nola.com reports.
As per Reuters, “Louisiana’s vaccination rate ranked it 47th among U.S. states for first doses
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