The Daily Beast, June 15, 2020: Coronavirus Is Hitting Black and Hispanic Americans Harder. CDC Data Shows How Much.
In a new, massive federal survey of novel coronavirus cases in the United States, a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers an in-depth breakdown by gender, race, ethnicity,and health factors.
Among 1,320,488 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases considered by the CDC between January 22 and May 30, 2020—of which only 45% had race or ethnicity data—33% were Hispanic or Latino of any race and 22% of infections were among Black Americans, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released Monday found. For context, those communities account for about 18% and 13% of the U.S. population, respectively.
The numbers amount to the best evidence yet that the deadly pandemic has had an outsized impact on communities of color.
