Where Does Shreveport Rank in Number of COVID Cases?
Loads of questions have been flying around about this latest surge of COVID. The Delta Variant has blown through Louisiana with a vengeance causing us to fall back in to a mask mandate.
Some have been wondering "How bad are the numbers?", and the short answer is, it's not good. Below are the latest COVID numbers parish-by-parish from the Louisiana Department of Health, and some of these numbers are creeping up on the numbers we saw last year with the Alpha Variant. Take a scroll and look closely at the numbers, and check out where Shreveport falls in the ranks.
Jefferson -51,196
Orleans - 34,325
Caddo - 28,207
St. Tammany - 26,320
Lafayette - 24,957
Ouachita - 19,129
Calcasieu - 17,476
Bossier - 13,422
Livingston - 12,845
Ascension - 12,327
Tangipahoa - 12,047
Rapides - 10,651
Terrebonne - 10,097
Lafourche - 9,111
St. Landry - 9,098
Iberia - 8,065
Acadia - 6,777
Vermilion - 6,314
St. Charles - 5,924
St. Martin - 5,717
St. Mary - 4,644
St. John the Baptist - 4,283
St. Bernard - 4,188
Washington - 4,119
Evangeline - 4,089
Avoyelles - 4,072
Webster - 3,953
Iberville - 3,815
Lincoln - 3,732
East Feliciana - 3,638
Natchitoches - 3,237
Franklin - 3,158
Allen - 3,085
Morehouse - 2,834
Jefferson Davis - 2,812
West Baton Rouge - 2,724
De Soto - 2,716
Sabine - 2,622
Vernon - 2,612
Beauregard - 2,587
Union - 2,366
Pointe Coupee - 2,292
Richland - 2,248
Plaquemines - 2,174
St. James - 2,013
Concordia - 1,915
Assumption - 1,909
Grant - 1,722
Madison - 1,651
Jackson - 1,638
Bienville - 1,558
Claiborne - 1,416
West Feliciana - 1,303
West Carroll - 1,219
La Salle - 1,170
Catahoula - 1,001
East Carroll - 947
Caldwell - 836
St. Helena - 836
Red River - 823
Cameron - 556
Tensas - 341