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Luke Letlow was to have been sworn in today. He died last week.
Louisiana Republican Luke Letlow died last week at the age of 41. | AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte
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MONROE, La. Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, who recently died from Covid-19 complications, was remembered Saturday as a man who loved people and felt called to serve others.
“This is a gentleman who cared about nothing but others,” said former Republican U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, who hired Letlow as chief of staff during his tenure in Washington and later backed Letlow’s bid for Congress. “He was a true servant’s servant. We never want to forget what he’s done for our state, what he’s done for me and my family.”
New York Becomes Fourth State to Record 1 Million COVID-19 Cases
New York has become the fourth state to record more than 1 million COVID-19 cases since the coronavirus pandemic started, NBC News reports.
As of Saturday, New York had 1,014,044 confirmed cases, according to NBC News counts. California remains at the top of the list with 2.3 million confirmed cases, the most of any state in the country. Los Angeles County alone has reported about 806,210 cases as of Saturday, according to public health officials.
Florida and Texas have 1.3 million cases and 1.7 million cases, respectively.
Also on Saturday, the U.S. reported more than 350,000 coronavirus-related deaths.