Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday more than 70% of those who have died of the coronavirus in Louisiana are African American.“Obviously this is a big disparity,” Edwards said about the data at Monday’s press briefing.Louisiana’s population is 33% African American, according to 2019 U.S. Census data. Orleans Parish, which accounted for a third, or 171, of the state’s 512 COVID-19 deaths as of