Avoyelles has net of no new cases of COVID
Avoyelles Parish's pandemic total of cases remained at 4,246 on Friday, with the state adding one rapid result diagnosis and subtracting a case from the molecular lab test results.
Avoyelles Parish's pandemic total of cases remained at 4,246 on Friday, with the state adding one rapid result diagnosis and subtracting a case from the molecular lab test results.
It was a fairly nondescript day for Avoyelles Parish in the Thursday COVID update from the state. There was nothing to raise hopes or to raise fears.
Avoyelles Parish improved its COVID risk rating this week, moving from "high" to "moderate." That change occurred despite a jump in the weekly positive rate in the parish's COVID tests.
With fewer people taking state-monitored COVID-19 tests, test results may not yield an accurate picture of the virus' presence in a community.
Avoyelles Parish had seven new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, the state health department reported Monday.