One new COVID case, one death in three local parishes
One new COVID-19 case was reported in St. Martin and one fatality was reported for St. Mary in Friday's update from the Louisiana Office of Public Health.
The COVID fatality in St. Mary was the parish's 80th. The number of cases here remained at 1,962.
The new St. Martin case raises the pandemic total to 2,132. Assumption's case count was adjusted downward by two to 772.
The death tolls remain at 61 in St. Martin and 24 in Assumption.
Statewide:
--265 new cases raised the pandemic total to 170,878.
--26 fatalities raised the toll to 5,442.
--18 more COVID-positive people are in hospitals for a total of 582.
--The number of people on ventilators fell by one to 78.