There were only seven new COVID-19 cases in Avoyelles Parish over the weekend, but another death was added to parish's pandemic total, bringing the official count to 1,327 cases and 47 deaths.
Friday's COVID update from the Louisiana Department of Health was back to "normal" for Avoyelles -- double digit increase in cases, no additional deaths and a positivity rate of just over 4 percent
Picard Youth Center Director Chris Hines (top), State Sen. Heather Cloud (center) and State Rep. Daryl Deshotel tour the Cleco Hurricane Recovery Center on the campus in Bayhills this past Sunday. Approximately 11,000 utility customers in Avoyelles lost power when Hurricane Laura blew through. As of Friday morning only 51 were still without service. Statewide there were 187,843 without power more than a week after the storm. Rapides still had 9,556 without electricity and Allen, which is in the same senate district with Avoyelles, had 5,732 without power. {Photo by Raymond L. Daye}