Snapshot: Impacts of COVID-19 on St. Tammany - May 2021
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Snapshot:
Impacts of
COVID-19 on
St. Tammany
St. Tammany Corporation’s Economic Research Publication 16 charts and graphs that show how
St. Tammany’s community and economy have
been changed by COVID-19 throughout 2020
May 2021 and into 2021
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COVID-19 in St. Tammany
Cases St. Tammany Total Probable & Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
30,000
As of May 20, 2021:
• 21,359 confirmed positive cases 25,000
• 25,846 total probable + confirmed cases
20,000
• 374,648 tests administered
• 2.3% confirmed positive test rate (one-week rate) 15,000
10,000
Daily New Cases with Seven-Day Moving Average
5,000
800 800
700 700 0
4/11
4/25
5/23
6/20
7/18
8/15
8/29
9/12
9/26
11/7
12/5
1/16
1/30
2/13
2/27
3/13
3/27
4/10
4/24
5/22
10/10
10/24
11/21
12/19
5/9
6/6
7/4
8/1
1/2
5/8
Seven-Day Moving Average
600 600
Daily New Cases
500 500
• 8,150 confirmed cases per 100,000 residents
400 400
• There have been fewer than 100 new cases each day since early
300 300
March and fewer than 50 new cases/day for about a month.
200 200 • Note: Due to a two-month statewide backlog that was reported
100 100 in mid-November, total cases were drastically higher from
0 0 November 17th onward. Additionally, total cases going forward
4/12 5/12 6/12 7/12 8/12 9/12 10/12 11/12 12/12 1/12 2/12 3/12 4/12 5/12
include both probable cases and confirmed cases.
Daily Case Increase 7-day average Source: Louisiana Department of Health; St. Tammany Corporation Analysis
COVID-19 in St. Tammany
Vaccinations
As of May 20, 2021:
• 96,224 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been
administered.
• 86,856 second doses have been administered.
• 38.2% of the population has received at least one dose of
the two-part vaccine.
• 34.5% of the population has received both doses.
• St. Tammany has the 4th highest full vaccination rate in
the state.
• The map to the right shows the full vaccination rate for
each of Louisiana’s nine health regions.
Source: Louisiana Department of Health; St. Tammany Corporation Analysis
COVID-19 in St. Tammany
Mortality
As of May 20, 2021: St. Tammany Total COVID-19 Deaths
• 525 deaths 600 5/20, 525
• 2.5% mortality rate (deaths as a proportion of 500
confirmed cases)
400
• The longest period with no additional COVID-19 deaths
was 11 days, from 4/24 to 5/4. 300
St. Tammany Daily Increase in COVID-19 Deaths 200
14
100
12
0
10
5/14 6/14 7/14 8/14 9/14 10/14 11/14 12/14 1/14 2/14 3/14 4/14 5/14
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6 Demographic Breakdown
Race Deaths Cases Population (2018) Cases per 1,000
4
Black 64 3,782 32,238 117.3
2 White 457 19,493 215,496 90.5
Other 4 1,697 10,377 163.5
0 Unknown 0 734 N/A N/A
5/14 6/14 7/14 8/14 9/14 10/14 11/14 12/14 1/14 2/14 3/14 4/14 5/14
Source: Louisiana Department of Health; St. Tammany Corporation Analysis
Unemployment
Number of initial claims for unemployment during St. Tammany Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance
the week ending 5/8/2021: 7,000
Highest Point
4/4, 5,952
259 6,000
Number of initial claims for unemployment during 5,000
the same week in 2020 (week ending 5/9/2020):
4,000
1,904
3,000
Average weekly number of initial claims, March-
December 2020: 2,000
1,254 1,000
5/8, 259
Average weekly number of initial claims in 2021: -
3/21 4/21 5/21 6/21 7/21 8/21 9/21 10/21 11/21 12/21 1/21 2/21 3/21 4/21 5/21
332 2020 2021
Source: Louisiana Workforce Commission
5Unemployment
St. Tammany Unemployment Rate
16.0% 15.1%
• In its most recent jobs report, LWC reported that
St. Tammany’s unemployment rate was 4.4% in 14.0%
March 2021, lower than: 12.3%
• the national rate (6.0%), 12.0%
• the Louisiana rate (7.3%), 9.0%
10.0%
• and the Greater New Orleans rate (8.0%). 8.2%
8.0% 6.7%
• The same report showed that from February to 5.1%
6.2% 6.0% 5.8%
6.0% 5.2%
March, 1,121 people rejoined the labor force. 4.7% 4.8%
4.4%
4.0%
• March’s unemployment rate is the lowest in over
a year. 2.0%
0.0%
Source: Louisiana Workforce Commission
6Job Postings
Year-over-Year Comparison
8,500
• Compared to 2019, job postings across 8,000
all industries in St. Tammany were
7,500
significantly lower from April to
September 2020. 7,000
6,500
• April 2021 continued the trend of
6,000
higher job postings than all previous
years and all previous months, with 5,500
nearly 7,900 unique job postings. 5,000
4,500
• Jobs in highest demand continue to be
4,000
registered nurses, truck drivers, and
retail salespeople.
2019 2020 2021
Source: EMSI
7Changes in Consumer Spending
• As of May 9, 2021, total
consumer spending in St.
Tammany had increased to
30.8% higher than January St. Tammany
Parish
2020 levels.
• On the same day in 2020,
consumer spending was
down 17.9%, demonstrating
a nearly 50 percentage
point improvement.
Source: Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker
8Household Pulse
According to a nationwide survey conducted by the Census Bureau from 4/14 – 4/26:
• Of adults living in households with children enrolled in public/private school, 25.7% were in households where students received
food assistance from school in the last 7 days.
• 25.7% of American adults had an appointment with a doctor, nurse, or other health professional by video or by phone in the last 4
weeks.
• 25.2% of adults are planning to take overnight trips or trips to places more than 100 miles away in the next 4 weeks.
• 26.2% of adults live in households where it has been somewhat or very difficult to pay usual household expenses in the last 7 days.
• Of adults living in households not current on rent or mortgage, 30.6% report eviction or foreclosure in the next two months is
somewhat or very likely.
• 27% of adults live in households where at least one adult teleworked because of the coronavirus pandemic in the last 7 days.
• 8.1% of American adults lived in households where there was either sometimes or often not enough to eat in the previous 7 days.
• 14.8% of American adults expect someone in their household to experience a loss in employment income in the next 4 weeks.
Source: Census Bureau Household Pulse
9Gas Prices
• As of May 20, 2021, the average
fuel price in the U.S. is $3.04 per gallon,
surpassing $3.00 for the first time since
2014.
• In April, national prices averaged
$2.877.
• Nationally, April’s prices are up 111¢
from the same time in 2020, when they
were $1.927.
Source: GasBuddy.com
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0Gas Prices
• As of May 20, 2021, St.
Tammany’s average fuel price is
$2.702, lower than the state and
slightly higher than the New
Orleans Metro prices.
• In the New Orleans Metro, the
average price is $2.553 in May
2021, slightly up from April’s
$2.561 but still lower than 95%
of other metro areas in the U.S.
• The state average fuel price is
$2.709, the 2nd lowest average
price in the nation.
Source: GasBuddy.com
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1Gas Prices
• The graph to the right shows the
average gas prices in the New
Orleans metro, state, and nation
from late 2019, before we felt the
initial effects of the pandemic on our
economy, through the following 18
months until now.
• Gas prices in the New Orleans metro
are consistently lower than the state
and nation. Prices steadily rose
during the first quarter of the year
and have continued to rise through
the second quarter as more people
feel comfortable increasing their
road travel.
Source: GasBuddy.com
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2Residential Travel Since Stay-at-Home Order
Although the stay-at-home order is no longer in effect, people
are still encouraged to limit their travel in order to stay safe. 70%
The purpose of the community mobility report is to give insight 60%
+58%
into key questions:
• How have travel and mobility in St. Tammany been impacted 50%
by the pandemic? 40%
• How well has St. Tammany adhered to the stay-at-home
30%
order?
• Where are people going when they aren’t going to work, 20%
+11%
going shopping, or doing leisure/entertainment activities? 10% +7% +7%
0 0
Definitions: 0%
• Retail & Recreation: places like restaurants, cafes, shopping -10%
-2% -4%
centers, theme parks, museums, libraries, and movie theaters
• Grocery & Pharmacy: places like grocery markets, food -20% -16%
-20%
warehouses, farmers markets, specialty food shops, drug stores, -30%
and pharmacies Retail & Grocery & Parks Workplaces Residential
• Parks: places like national parks, public beaches, marinas, dog Recreation Pharmacy
parks, plazas, and public gardens
St. Tammany Louisiana
• Workplaces: places of work
• Residential: places of residence
• Negative percentages indicate reduction in travel
Source: Google | COVID-19 Community Mobility Report
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3Key Takeaways
• St. Tammany has recorded 25,800 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases and has surpassed 500
COVID-related deaths over 14 months. However, daily new cases have stayed below 100 for three
months, and for 11 consecutive days in April, there were no new COVID-19 deaths in St. Tammany.
Relatedly, St. Tammany also continues to have one of the highest vaccination rates in the state.
• So far in 2021, the average number of weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance in St.
Tammany is about a quarter of the 2020 average. The unemployment rate has remained below 6.0%
in St. Tammany for five consecutive months.
• While many households across the nation now feel more comfortable traveling and returning to
work, school, and doctors’ appointments, many households continue to struggle with finances,
employment, housing, and food insecurity resulting from the ongoing economic crisis.
• Gas prices in the New Orleans Metro are among the lowest 5% of metro areas in the nation at a time
when the national average fuel price has surpassed $3.00 per gallon for the first time since 2014.
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4St. Tammany Corporation’s economic research publication
@StTammanyCorporation
@StTammanyCorp
StTammanyCorp.org
Prepared by:
Elizabeth Lee
Research and Policy Analyst &
Economic Development Specialist
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