Avoyelles has lower COVID-positive rate than eight neighboring parishes
For the week of June 3-9, Avoyelles Parish had a lower COVID-positive rate than any of its eight neighbors.
For the week of June 3-9, Avoyelles Parish had a lower COVID-positive rate than any of its eight neighbors.
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Avoyelles Parish's official COVID positive rate fell below 1 percent when the new rate was reported on Wednesday.
In the past two COVID updates -- covering four days -- Avoyelles Parish has recorded seven new cases in 433 tests. That is an optimistic 1.6 percent overall positive rate for all COVID tests.
With Friday's update on COVID-19 numbers, Avoyelles Parish's total number of tests passed 80,000 for the 15-month pandemic.