Avoyelles weekend COVID update: 29 cases, no deaths since Friday
The weekend COVID update for Avoyelles saw 29 new cases but no additional deaths.
The weekend COVID update for Avoyelles saw 29 new cases but no additional deaths.
The Friday update from the Louisiana Department of Health reports Avoyelles Parish had 24 additional cases -- 18 confirmed and six probable -- and no additional deaths since Thursday.
Avoyelles Parish's grim fight with COVID-19 got grimmer Thursday when the state reported an additional 25 cases and two COVID-related deaths in its noon update.
Avoyelles Parish was hit with another double-digit increase in the number of newly identified COVID-19 cases, but made it through another day with no additional deaths from the persistent virus.
As of Tuesday's update from the state health department, Avoyelles Parish's total number of COVID cases was 2,142.