Nine new COVID cases, one death in three parishes
Nine new COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday for St. Mary, St. Martin and Assumption parishes, according to the Louisiana Office of Public Health's midday report. One new death was reported in St. Martin.
That death brings the St. Martin total to 25. Five new cases brought the parish's total to 291.
Three news cases raised St. Mary's total to 342 with 32 deaths.
One new cases raised the Assumption total to 258 with 13 deaths.
Statewide:
---562 new cases raised the total to 43,612.
--13 new deaths raised Louisiana's total to 2,844.
-14 fewer people are hospitalized for a total of 568.
--4 fewer people are on ventilators for a total of 67.