April 01, 2020
Local Update on COVID-19

 

12pm Update. The DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office cannot stress enough the importance of the current Stay-At-Home order. While you are free to leave your home, we want to emphasize the need for citizens to limit themselves and take personal responsibility in slowing the spread of this virus. After seeing a dramatic increase of 2,399 cases and 88 deaths within just 48 hours, we can only imagine how closely our state is monitoring this situation.

 

If it becomes apparent that citizens will not heed recommendations on their own we could stand the risk of the Governor taking further action to protect public safety. We want to thank all of our citizens in DeSoto Parish who are doing all they can to stay at home and practice healthy sanitation habits with their families. We will keep you posted daily as new data is released at 12pm each day via the LDH website: http://ldh.la.gov/Coronavirus/…

 

DeSoto Parish by the numbers:
March 26: 11 cases (+3 in 24 hrs)
March 27: 13 cases (+2 in 24 hrs)
March 28: 21 cases (+8 in 24 hrs)
March 29: 25 cases (+4 in 24 hrs)
March 30: 28 cases (+3 in 24 hrs)
March 31: 30 cases (+2 in 24 hrs)
April 01: 39 cases (+9 in 24hrs)
Total Parish Deaths to Date: 1

 

State of Louisiana by the numbers:
March 26: 2,305 cases (+510 in 24 hrs)
March 27: 2,746 cases (+441 in 24 hrs)
March 28: 3,315 cases (+569 in 24 hrs)
March 29: 3,540 cases (+225 in 24 hrs)
March 30: 4,025 cases (+485 in 24 hrs)
March 31: 5,237 cases (+1,212 in 24 hrs)
April 01: 6,424 cases (+1,187 in 24 hrs)
Total State Deaths to Date: 273 (+34 in 24 hrs)

 

DeSoto Parish has reported positive cases in Stonewall, Mansfield, Logansport, and Pelican at this time. We do not receive information on those who have recovered from COVID-19 or other pertinent medical information that is protected by law.

 

STATE BORDER QUESTIONS:
If you have questions regarding the Governor of Texas order on Louisiana travelers entering Texas, our office does not have information to provide as this order was not given by our state or parish. Please direct all questions to the Texas Department of Public Safety - 512-424-2080. The DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office has no control over what will be allowed, implemented, or otherwise ordered in the State of Texas, therefore we do not want to provide the public with misinformation on the subject.

 

BUSINESS OPERATIONS:
- All DeSoto Parish Libraries will be closed until May 1st.
- City of Mansfield Park, located next to City Hall, is closed until further notice.
- We Care DayCare is closed until April 13th.
- Tree Frog Graphics will only be taking phone orders and payments. No walk-ins.

***If you are a business or agency and would like us to include your changes of operation during this pandemic, you may email us at SheriffApp@dpso.org.