Following a months long surge driven by the delta variant, new daily cases of COVID-19 are falling once again in the United States. To date, there have been 44,408,600 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Baton Rouge metropolitan area, located in Louisiana, a total of 130,349 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 15,711 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 13,574 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Baton Rouge is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Baton Rouge metro area comprises nine counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, East Feliciana Parish has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 4,459 infections in East Feliciana Parish, or 22,868 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does East Feliciana Parish have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Baton Rouge area, it also has more deaths attributable to the virus per capita than the metro area as a whole. There have been a total of 728 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in East Feliciana Parish, compared to 268 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Baton Rouge metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Oct. 15, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Feliciana Parish, LA | 22,868 | 4,459 | 728 | 142 |
| 2 | Ascension Parish, LA | 17,839 | 21,616 | 192 | 233 |
| 3 | Livingston Parish, LA | 17,587 | 24,290 | 266 | 368 |
| 4 | Iberville Parish, LA | 17,517 | 5,773 | 370 | 122 |
| 5 | Pointe Coupee Parish, LA | 17,231 | 3,818 | 370 | 82 |
| 6 | West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 16,841 | 4,355 | 278 | 72 |
| 7 | East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 14,247 | 63,272 | 258 | 1,145 |
| 8 | St. Helena Parish, LA | 12,093 | 1,259 | 173 | 18 |
| 9 | West Feliciana Parish, LA | 9,800 | 1,507 | 260 | 40 |
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