Housing advocates asked Edwards to suspend proceedings in the wake of Hurricane Ida last week.
State shelters are performing COVID tests. But testing is currently scarce in the city.
Schools must clean their freezers and restock food in advance of students returning. NOLA Public Schools will provide an update Tuesday.
In the entire region, Entergy says it has restored 51 percent of the 902,000 customers who lost power during the storm.
A number of healthcare centers in the area were temporarily closed this week. But some have restarted testing services.
Entergy is still estimating it will have power back to the vast majority of New Orleans customers by Wednesday, Sept. 8.
Buses began moving people out of the city on Saturday.
Earlier this week, the agency said that only people with damaged homes would qualify.
The timeline for the city remains the same. Most customers will see full restoration by the middle of the next week. Those in parts of the state that saw the most significant damage may have to wait until later this month.
Lens co-founder Karen Gadbois talks about her Ida week.