A normal day for Avoyelles: three COVID cases in 143 tests
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.
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.
Avoyelles Parish is doing "about average" in its war on COVID, and actually showed some improvement in its numbers from the previous week, according to statistics in Monday reports.
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.