New Orleans moving to Phase 3 Friday; businesses allowed to operate at 75% Orleans Parish bars were allowed to resume indoor service at 25% capacity after the Mardi Gras holiday and the subsequent drop in COVID positivity rates. (Source: WVUE) By Mykal Vincent | March 9, 2021 at 5:36 PM CST - Updated March 12 at 8:13 AM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell announced Wednesday that the city will move to a modified Phase 3 on Friday, March 12. Cantrell said at a news conference that the city’s positivity rate is currently 1.5 percent and nearly 21 percent of Orleans Parish has received at least a first vaccine dose.