Sixteen of Louisiana’s 64 parishes have per capita infection rates greater than New York City's as the state suffers a second wave of COVID-19.
A powerful resurgence of COVID-19 infections in Louisiana is hitting the state harder than its first wave in spring, making it the only state in the nation to experience two devastating spikes of the virus, an analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows.
Coronavirus hot spots shift to the SouthSince the beginning of the pandemic, Louisiana has reported 116,280 total cases and 3,835 deaths from COVID-19, according to the Louisiana Department of Health's update Friday. Edwards is right. The spread of the virus is vast in Louisiana after the state began reopening in June, and more prevalent than it was in April's peak, according to the USA TODAY Network analysis.
Sixteen of Louisiana’s 64 parishes have cumulative per capita infection rates greater than that of New York City, considered to have the nation's worst concentration of the virus early in the pandemic. One Louisiana parish – East Carroll – has recorded more than double New York City’s infection rate, according to the analysis.
During the first surge, Louisiana had more aggressive measures in place to prevent the spread. Edwards issued a stay-home order on March 22 and kept the order in place until May 15, when the state moved into Phase 1 of reopening. Even with cases being confined to certain regions, the state locked down.
The New Orleans area has seen significant decreases in daily new cases since its peak during the first surge. Orleans Parish, for example, recorded 797 cases per 100,000 during the week of April 7. Its peak during the summer surge, during the week of July 16, brought only 181 cases per 100,000 – a decrease of 77%.
Louisiana's second COVID-19 surge not as deadly as first – yetLouisiana has seen signs in recent days that the state could be approaching a plateau as the number of new cases added each day has started to decline. But even with numbers of new cases falling, the state still had thousands of new cases this week, putting pressure on hospital systems.
"We know that deaths are a lagging indicator of what's going on because the first thing you're going to see is people contracting the illness, then they're going to go into the hospital and so forth," Edwards said."It could be some time before this shows up in fewer deaths."
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