St. Landry Parish COVID-19 death toll rises to 34

The death toll in St. Landry Parish from COVID-19 rose to 34 in Friday’s update from the Louisiana Department of Health.
The parish has had 157 confirmed cases.
There have been 1,601 deaths reported from the virus. The Department has added another reporting statistic and is 59 probable deaths.
There have been 26,140 cases in the state. Another new statistic is 14,927 people are presumed recovered from the virus.
As of Friday, there are 1,697 people in the hospital and 286 of those are on ventilators.
Area parish reports are:
Evangeline, 44 cases, no deaths;
Acadia, 129 cases, seven deaths;
Lafayette, 440 cases, 17 deaths;
St. Martin, 218 cases, 14 deaths;
Pointe Coupee, 88 cases, 10 deaths; and
Avoyelles, 69 cases, seven deaths.