 On that Tuesday, it suggested the virus may have been in Italy as well as early as September. The outlet reported that a 55-year-old person from the Hubei province may have been the first individual infected with that virus. No Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans next year without tremendous positive changes in the virus. That's what the website of the city of New Orleans is saying, that there will not be any carnival parades in 2021.