New Orleans is ranked #1 for COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 for all U.S. counties.

[Dennis Donovan]

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6:12 PM - Mar 26, 2020

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Orleans Parish has highest per-capita coronavirus death rate of American counties -- by far

BY GORDON RUSSELL | STAFF WRITER - PUBLISHED MAR 26, 2020 AT 5:01 PM | UPDATED MAR 26, 2020 AT 5:08 PM

Orleans Parish has the highest per-capita death rate for the coronavirus among all American counties to date, a new analysis by The Times-Picayune | The Advocate shows.

More disturbingly, perhaps, it’s not even a close call. The county with the No. 2 rate — Richmond County, N.Y., better known as Staten Island — has a rate half that of New Orleans.

By Thursday, 46 New Orleanians had died from the virus, or a little more than 1 out of every 10,000 city residents. In Jefferson Parish, which has recorded 12 deaths, the rate was about 1 for every 36,000 residents.

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[nolabear]

1. I am heartbroken.

I’m not there, but I grew up near there and lived there for years. It’s my heart. And it’s broken.

[hlthe2b]

2. ditto...I have spent so much time there in past for both work and pleasure, this is Katrina all over

again.

[nolabear]

6. But it always rises. Always.

[beachbumbob]

3. unfortunately it will only get worse. To know preventative actions 6 weeks ago could have helped

makes it worse

[Runningdawg]

4. My 2 fav cities in the world NYC and NO

It's breaking my heart. On Christmas Eve this year we decided we would spend the next Christmas in NO, now I wonder if I will ever see it again. Oh crap. Crying before 9am, again.

[Baclava]

5. Not surprising, big Mardi Gras bump coming home, 1 million people packed the streets end of Feb

[TheBlackAdder]

7. I look it a little differently: 46 / 997 equals 0.04614 or 4.61% fatality rate.

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King, WA is higher at 7.36%, but they were the first real exposure.

NYC is 1.1%

Queens at 1.3%


NOLA should be leveraging the knowledge developed from Washington and NYC.

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