• At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes have confirmed646 deaths.

 

  • These numbers have been reported to state officials by local coroners.

 

  • A breakdown of these deaths is as follows:

490 are at the morgue in St. Gabriel

Parish Coroners:

     Assumption -- 2

East Baton Rouge – 63

Iberia – 6

Jefferson – 30

Livingston -- 4

Plaquemines -- 3

St. Charles – 5

St. Tammany – 7

Tangipahoa -- 20

Terrebonne -- 14

      West Baton Rouge – 2

 

Any death that is determined to have been caused as a result of Hurricane Katrina will be counted as a hurricane-related death. For example, this applies to people who drowned as well as people who required life-support but had it cut off and died as a result when power was lost during the storm.