To date, 88,027,926 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 — and over 1 million have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of the highest known infections rates in the world.

In the Lafayette metropolitan area, located in Louisiana, a total of 134,687 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 27,545 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Lafayette, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Lafayette metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, St. Martin Parish in Louisiana has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 13,647 confirmed infections in St. Martin Parish, or 25,389 for every 100,000 people.

Though St. Martin Parish has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Lafayette metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 353 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in St. Martin Parish, above the 303 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Lafayette metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 17, 2022.

These are all the parishes in Louisiana where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Rank	Geography	COVID cases per 100,000 people	Total cases	Deaths per 100,000 people	Total deaths
1	St. Martin Parish, LA	25,389	13,647	353	190
2	Acadia Parish, LA	26,872	16,813	471	295
3	Vermilion Parish, LA	27,337	16,366	378	226
4	Lafayette Parish, LA	28,012	67,255	211	506
5	Iberia Parish, LA	28,347	20,606	365	265

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