11 new COVID cases, no deaths in three parishes

Eleven new cases of COVID-19 were reported Thursday in three local parishes by the Louisiana Office of Public Health. Ten were in St. Martin.

The one new case in St. Mary Parish raised the total since the pandemic began to 1,902.

The 10 St. Martin cases raised that parish's count to 2,091.

Assumption's case count was adjusted downward by three to 755.

The number of fatalities in each parish remained the same: 77 in St. Mary, 60 in St. Martin and 24 in Assumption.

Statewide:

--581 new cases raised the total to 163,222.

--16 deaths raised the total to 5,241.

--17 fewer COVID-positive people are in hospitals for a total of 575.

--2 fewer people are in on ventilators for a total of 92.