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There are 13 Louisiana parishes that are now among the 50 U.S. counties with the highest per-capita coronavirus death rates.
While experts say it's too early to pinpoint exactly why the southern state has been hit hard by the virus, there are a handful of reasons that they agree on.
Of the 13 parishes, St. John the Baptist Parish has the highest per-capita death rate in the nation.
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