Help! This script is causing my Enemy to die on Spawn??

Hello,

I have been having issues with a simple script, it seems to be causing my enemies to die on spawn please help, am new to coding. using UnityEngine; using System.Collections;

 public class DamageHandlerEnemy : MonoBehaviour {
 
     public int maxHealth = 100;
 
     [System.Serializable]
     public class EnemyStats {
     public int maxHealth;
 
     private int _curHealth;
     public int curHealth 
     {
         get { return _curHealth; }
         set { _curHealth = Mathf.Clamp (value, 0, maxHealth); }
     }
 
         public void Init()
         {
             curHealth = maxHealth;
         }
 }
 
     public float invulnPeriod = 0;
     float invulnTimer = 0;
     int correctLayer;
 
     SpriteRenderer spriteRend;
 
     public EnemyStats stats = new EnemyStats ();
 
     [Header ("Optional: ")]
     [SerializeField]
     private StatusIndicator statusIndicator;
     void Start() {
         correctLayer = gameObject.layer;
 
         // NOTE!  This only get the renderer on the parent object.
         // In other words, it doesn't work for children. I.E. "enemy01"
         spriteRend = GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
 
         if(spriteRend == null) {
             spriteRend = transform.GetComponentInChildren<SpriteRenderer>();
 
             if(spriteRend==null) {
                 Debug.LogError("Object '"+gameObject.name+"' has no sprite renderer.");
 
                 stats.Init();
 
                 if (statusIndicator != null) 
                 {
                     statusIndicator.SetHealth (stats.curHealth, stats.maxHealth);
                 }
             
             }
         }
     }
 
     void OnTriggerEnter2D() {
         EnemyStats stats = new EnemyStats ();
         stats.curHealth--;
 
         if(invulnPeriod > 0) {
             invulnTimer = invulnPeriod;
             gameObject.layer = 10;
         }
     }
 
     void Update() {
 
         if(invulnTimer > 0) {
             invulnTimer -= Time.deltaTime;
 
             if(invulnTimer <= 0) {
                 gameObject.layer = correctLayer;
                 if(spriteRend != null) {
                     spriteRend.enabled = true;
                 }
             }
             else {
                 if(spriteRend != null) {
                     spriteRend.enabled = !spriteRend.enabled;
                 }
             }
         }
 
         EnemyStats stats = new EnemyStats ();
 
         if(stats.curHealth <= 0) {
             Die();
         
             if (statusIndicator != null) 
             {
                 statusIndicator.SetHealth (stats.curHealth, stats.maxHealth);
             }
         
         }
     }
 
     void Die() {
         Destroy(gameObject);
     }
 
 }