“We have more than our fair share of people who have the comorbidities that make them especially vulnerable,” said Governor John Bel Edwards.
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pandemic on March 27, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Orleans Parish has reported at least 1,170 cases, and recorded 57 deaths from the coronavirus. As officials try to curb the spread of coronavirus in the hotspot of Southeastern Louisiana, patients are dying at an alarmingly, and a number of factors—including resource allocation, preexisting conditions and limited access to testing—may be at play.
As of Thursday, a staggering 97% of Louisiana coronavirus patients who died had preexisting conditions, such as diabetes, kidney disease and heart problems,“We have more than our fair share of people who have the comorbidities that make them especially vulnerable,” Governor John Bel Edwards of the outbreak in Louisiana, where rates of obesity, hypertension and diabetes exceed the national average.notes, these preexisting health conditions—exacerbated by structural issues related to race and poverty—may also help explain why, in Louisiana, more people under age 70 are succumbing to COVID-19 than in other regions.
Pre-existing conditions alone, however, likely do not explain the high fatality rate, and as Louisiana’s public health chief Alex Billioux told thethat number may soon fall as more people get diagnosed, thanks to an increase in commercial testing. information, and factors that inform Louisiana’s death toll are likely interdependent.
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