Acadia ranks 24th among parishes with highest COVID-19 death rate

As has been true throughout America’s COVID-19 history, every state — and every county and parish therein — has its own COVID-19 story, driven by local policies and behaviors.
The United States, as of Dec. 8, had reached 791,705 COVID-19-related deaths and 49.4 million COVID-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University.
As of Feb. 2, more Americans had been vaccinated for COVID-19 than had been infected, and though breakthrough infections are continuing to be studied by the CDC and other health organizations, vaccines have reduced the rate of hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19.
Stacker compiled a list of the parishes with the highest COVID-19 death rates in Louisiana using data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Parishes are ranked by the highest death rate per 100k residents as of Dec. 7, 2021.
Acadia Parish currently ranks 24th out of the top 50 parishes.
Statistics indicate:
• Cumulative deaths per 100,000 residents: 405 (251 total deaths)
• 27% more deaths per 100,000 residents than Louisiana
• No. 547 highest rate among all counties nationwide
• New deaths per 100,000 in the past week: 0.0 (0 new deaths, 0% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100,000: 17,241 (10,697 total cases)
• 3.6% more cases per 100,000 residents than Louisiana
• New cases per 100,000 in past week: 76 (47 new cases, +7% change from previous week.
East Feliciana Parish is ranked No. 1 with 758 deaths per 100,000 residents (a total of 145 deaths), 137.6% more deaths per 100,000 than the state average.
Jeferson Parish came in at No. 50 with 273 deahs per 100,000 residents — 14.4 % lower than the state average.