Avoyelles COVID case totals reduced by one
Wed, 03/31/2021 - 12:30pm
Avoyelles Parish's pandemic total for COVID infections was reduced by one in the Wednesday update from the state health department. There were no new cases in the 56 test results in Wednesday's report.
The parish's official weekly positive rate increased from 1.2 percent for March 11-17 to 3.3 percent for March 18-24. The most likely explanation is that there are far fewer tests being taken. Although the parish has had very few new cases over the past few weeks, they make up a higher percentage of the tests being reported.
The parish's pandemic totals as of Wednesday were 3,997 cases (3,496 molecular/501 rapid result) and 121 deaths (112/9). The state's totals are 444,933 cases and 10,141 deaths.