Revelers in the Irish Channel celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in New Orleans Saturday, March 14, 2020, in gatherings large and small amid an outbreak of coronavirus. The first Louisiana coronavirus patient died in New Orleans area Saturday, and the confirmed cases swelled overnight from 36 to 77.

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