Mass coronavirus cases linked to New Orleans swingers' convention, organizer says

The Sooner State on Sunday hit a grim new coronavirus record, seeing nearly 5,000 new cases reported in a single day.  An estimated 4,970 cases of COVID-19 were reported on Sunday alone, according to data from the Oklahoma State Department of Health.The state’s total number of coronavirus cases is now estimated at 260,838.  There are currently 25,752 active cases of the virus in the state.  An additional 23 COVID-19 deaths were reported in the state on Sunday, bringing the total number of lives

Drew Brees‘ children might be getting exactly what they want for Christmas this year.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 744 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in Scotland, according to new figures released this afternoon.Data has been produced by the Scottish Government as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.Scotland's death toll from the virus has increased by 36 and now stands at 4,239.

Elon Musk is getting called out on Twitter by a lot of people. The Tesla founder got a lot of heat from Twitter users after he posted that he “absolutely support trans, but all these pronouns are an esthetic nightmare”, after reading an article on the technology news website CleanTechnica.

A Louisiana woman was the second member of her New Orleans football team to be murdered this year, according to police. Brittany Stevenson, 26, identified by local news station WWL, was fatally shot while sitting in her car.

After a punishing fall that left hospitals struggling, some Midwestern states are seeing a decline in new coronavirus cases. But the signs of improvement are offset by the virus’s accelerating spread on both coasts: In California, officials scrambled to distribute body bags and deploy mobile morgues as infections rose at an alarming rate.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThere have been another 689 cases of the coronavirus diagnosed in Scotland as further concerns about the impact of easing restrictions for Christmas were aired today.Figures have been published by the Scottish Government this afternoon as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.Scotland's death toll from the virus has increased by 38 and now stands at 4,173.

coronavirus deaths recorded in Scotland overnight. The First Minister also announced in her daily briefing 689 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total figure to 108,438.The death toll now sits at 4,173.Some 1,031 patients are currently in hospital being treated for the deadly virus with 49 of those in intensive care.It comes as Boris Johnson is resisting changes to the UK’s Christmas visiting restrictions despite growing fears easing lockdown will lead to “many” deaths.

coronavirus deaths recorded in Scotland overnight, official figures reveal.

NEW YORK -- Actor Carol Sutton, a fixture on stages in her native New Orleans who built a steady career on the big and small screens, including roles in the 1989 comedy “Steel Magnolias” and the TV series “Queen Sugar,” has died from complications from COVID-19, according to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell.

Carol Sutton, whose half-century long acting career spanned stage, movies, and television, died Thursday at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. She was 76 and died of complications of coronavirus infection, said Tommye Myrick, a friend and local theater director.

One of the things that I recognize is I'm very aware that we are doing television. It's a social medium and it's fictional, and the fact that we can leave a good healthy dose of reality and still keep it fun and still have the chase and still have the bad guys and still be a hero, maybe not at the end of each singular episode, but by the time we work it out in two or three episodes.

Ayrshire coronavirus cases have been reported in the past 24 hours as decision on tier restrictions looms.The Scottish Government will decide what measures all three Ayrshire local authorities will have tomorrow.Nicola Sturgeon previously said that all Tier 4 local authorities — including East and South Ayrshire — will be moved from the country's toughest measures on Friday, December 11.

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Ben Affleck and girlfriend Ana de Armas were recently spotted back at sets shooting for a movie. According to photos obtained by Just Jared, the 48-year-old actor and the 32-year-old actress were back on set of their upcoming movie Deep Water on Friday (November 20) in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas are together again!