More than 1 million Americans have died from COVID-19 – more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined.

In the New Orleans-Metairie metropolitan area, located in Louisiana, a total of 3,914 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 310 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 310 deaths have been attributed to the virus per 100,000 people.

Though COVID-19 deaths per capita in the metro area are closely in line with comparable national rate, there are parts of the city where this is not the case.

The broader New Orleans metro area comprises eight counties or county equivalents — and of them, St. John the Baptist Parish has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in St. John the Baptist Parish stands at 426 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area, St. John the Baptist Parish ranks among the middle 50% of all U.S. counties or county equivalents by COVID-19 death rate per capita.

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

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

Rank	Geography	Deaths per 100,000 people	Total deaths	Confirmed cases per 100,000 people	Total confirmed cases
1	St. John the Baptist Parish, LA	426	185	26,610	11,561
2	St. James Parish, LA	356	76	29,817	6,368
3	St. Tammany Parish, LA	342	861	31,391	79,135
4	Jefferson Parish, LA	312	1,357	28,703	124,946
5	Orleans Parish, LA	291	1,132	25,524	99,453
6	St. Charles Parish, LA	273	144	28,613	15,086
7	St. Bernard Parish, LA	247	113	27,170	12,415
8	Plaquemines Parish, LA	197	46	29,876	6,983

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