24 new COVD cases, no deaths in local parishes
Mon, 06/22/2020 - 1:13pm
Twenty-four new COVID-19 cases were reported in St. Mary, St. Martin and Assumption on Monday, a day when numbers are usually low after testing labs are off for the weekend.
Statewide, 461 new cases were reported, and the number of people in hospitals rose by 41 since Sunday.
In St. Mary, nine new cases raised the total since the pandemic began to 393 with 35 deaths.
In St. Martin, 12 new cases makes the total 526 with 28 deaths. And in Assumption, three new cases raised the pandemic total to 330 with 14 deaths.
The state's total number of positive tests is now 50,239, and the number of hospitalizations is 630. Eight more people are on ventilators for a total of 77.
Eleven new deaths were reported, making the pandemic's toll 3,004.