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  • Coronavirus death rate for New Orleans is double that of New York City

    Source: https://nypost.com/2020/04/05/corona...e-that-of-nyc/

    Coronavirus death rate for New Orleans is double that of New York City
    By Jackie Salo
    April 5, 2020 | 10:46am | Updated

    New Orleans has emerged as one of the country’s coronavirus hotspots, with a death rate per-capita double that of New York City, according to a troubling new report.

    Gary Wagner, an economics professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, said the parish of Orleans, which encompasses the Big Easy, saw a coronavirus death rate of 37.93 per 100,000 people as of Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported.

    Meanwhile, the death rate for the Big Apple was 18.86 per 100,000 people, the outlet reported.

    Louisiana has reported more than 12,400 cases as of Sunday with the death toll climbing over 400, according to Johns Hopkins University...

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