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This Is the Parish in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area With the Least COVID-19
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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 New Orleans-Metairie metropolitan area, located in Louisiana, a total of 355,947 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 28,168 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 New Orleans-Metairie, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.
The broader New Orleans metro area comprises eight counties or county equivalents — and of them, Orleans Parish in Louisiana has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 99,453 confirmed infections in Orleans Parish, or 25,524 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Orleans Parish have the lowest per capita infection rate in the New Orleans metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.
There have been a total of 291 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Orleans Parish, below the 310 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire New Orleans-Metairie metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 17, 2022.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orleans Parish, LA | 25,524 | 99,453 | 291 | 1,132 |
| 2 | St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | 26,610 | 11,561 | 426 | 185 |
| 3 | St. Bernard Parish, LA | 27,170 | 12,415 | 247 | 113 |
| 4 | St. Charles Parish, LA | 28,613 | 15,086 | 273 | 144 |
| 5 | Jefferson Parish, LA | 28,703 | 124,946 | 312 | 1,357 |
| 6 | St. James Parish, LA | 29,817 | 6,368 | 356 | 76 |
| 7 | Plaquemines Parish, LA | 29,876 | 6,983 | 197 | 46 |
| 8 | St. Tammany Parish, LA | 31,391 | 79,135 | 342 | 861 |
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