This small Louisiana parish has the highest death rate per capita for coronavirus in the country

LaPlace, Louisiana (CNN)St. John the Baptist Parish is a swampy, rural swath of Louisiana that straddles the Mississippi River. It’s an unassuming place with one Walmart, a population of about 43,000, and local eateries like BRS Seafood, which had a line out the door on Easter weekend for crawfish. People stood six feet apart.