New Orleans Area CCP Virus Death Rate Is Highest in US, Data Shows

A staff member of Odyssey House Louisiana, which runs a drive-thru testing site for the CCP virus, waves to passing vehicles to try to alert the community about testing in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 27, 2020. Kathleen Flynn/Reuters

The New Orleans area now has the highest COVID-19 death rate in the United States, as of April 3, surpassing hot spots such as New York City.

Two Louisiana parishes, which are equivalent in that state to counties, have the most CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus deaths per capita in the country, said Gary Wagner, an economics professor at the University of Louisiana–Lafayette. Wagner has been tracking the pandemic’s effects in the state, The Wall Street Journal reported.