Avoyelles has light day in state COVID update
After a weekend update with a shockingly high number of new cases, Monday's low-volume "snow day" report was welcome news for Avoyelles Parish.
After a weekend update with a shockingly high number of new cases, Monday's low-volume "snow day" report was welcome news for Avoyelles Parish.
The Sunday COVID update for the entire state of Louisiana reported 1,312 new cases in the state since Friday. The report for Avoyelles Parish indicates 213 of those were in this parish.
Avoyelles Parish had a very good report in Friday's COVID update, with only 12 new cases out of 540 test results. The parish now has a pandemic total of 3,148.
Avoyelles Parish had 21 new cases of COVID diagnosed in test results released by the state health department Thursday. However, its death toll was reduced by one.
When only a small number of tests are included in a daily COVID update, it is impossible to use those results to get a picture of the virus' presence in the community.