New Orleans mayor says she would have canceled Mardi Gras if Trump administration had warned about coronavirus dangers

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By Jason Silverstein
March 27, 2020 / 4:54 PM / CBS News

The mayor of New Orleans said Thursday that she would have canceled the city's famous Mardi Gras celebrations last month if the federal government had been clearer about the dangers posed by coronavirus. Orleans Parish is now one of America's hardest-hit regions during the pandemic — with the nation's highest per capita death rate from the virus.

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