^ Based on excess deaths from the entire country and the fact that they are significantly below 100%, my guess is just that Louisiana is just very slow at tabulating. In fact, this is obvious if you look at
https://github.com/TheEconomist/covi...027806ce29b636
The latest mortality figures from Lousiana. from several days ago, added deaths throughout 2021.
So basically the excess mortality data isn't that useful until months after the fact when everything is tabulated, unfortunately. (The CDC claims this in a big disclaimer on their website, saying that the data is perhaps 75% complete after 8 weeks but obviously some states are faster than others).