More African Americans are dying from coronavirus in the United States than whites or other ethnic groups, according to a new study
Black Americans represent 13.4% of the American population, according to the US Census Bureau, but counties with higher black populations account for more than half of all Covid-19 cases and almost 60% of deaths, the study found.Coronavirus in black America: Living in the eye of a 'perfect storm' Disparities, including access to health care, are likely to blame, researchers concluded in a report released Tuesday.
America's black and Hispanic communities are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus"Structural factors including health care access, density of households, unemployment, pervasive discrimination and others drive these disparities, not intrinsic characteristics of black communities or individual-level factors.
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