NEW ORLEANS HAS HIGHEST CORONAVIRUS DEATH RATE OF ALL HARD-HIT AREAS IN US, DATA SHOWS.

Anita Lee of the New Orleans Sun Herald, the author of the above piece tweets, “This story is getting traction today, although I’ve had angry emails about poverty and #COVID19 severity in #NOLA being unrelated. It’s Mardi Gras, they say.”

Earlier: New Orleans is an epicenter of coronavirus. Mardi Gras could be to blame, doctors say.

UPDATE: Coronavirus death rate for New Orleans is double that of New York City.

(Updated and bumped.)