One COVID death, 52 new cases in St. Mary
Thu, 08/26/2021 - 12:31pm
The Louisiana Office of Public Health reported one COVID-19 fatality in St. Mary for the 24 hours ending at midday Thursday and 52 new cases.
The death makes the COVID toll in St. Mary 185 since April 2020. Thirty-eight deaths have been recorded since Aug. 1, when the Delta variant of COVID-19 was pushing hospitalizations and infections to the highest levels of the pandemic.
The 52 new St. Mary cases raise the pandemic case count here to 7,754.
Statewide, the number of COVID patients in hospitals continues to fall. The OPH reported 2,720 hospitalizations Thursday, down 115 from Wednesday.
the OPH reported 5,131 new Louisiana cases and 72 deaths Thursday.