Chicago Population: 23% Black
#COVID19 Deaths: 70% Black

Milwaukee: 26% Black
COVID-19 Deaths: 81% Black

Michigan: 14% Black
COVID-19 Deaths: 40% Black https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/in-chicago-70-of-covid19-deaths-are-black/dd3f295f-445e-4e38-b37f-a1503782b507/">https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbe...
In Chicago, 70% of COVID-19 Deaths Are Black

While black residents make up only 23 percent of the population in Cook County, they account for more than half of the COVID-19 deaths.

https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/in-chicago-70-of-covid19-deaths-are-black/dd3f295f-445e-4e38-b37f-a1503782b507/
“ #COVID19 is just unmasking the deep disinvestment in our communities, historical injustices & the impact of residential segregation” @CamaraJones who spent 13 years @CDCgov focused on identifying, measuring, addressing racial bias in the medical system https://www.propublica.org/article/early-data-shows-african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-coronavirus-at-an-alarming-rate/">https://www.propublica.org/article/e...
Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate —...

No, the coronavirus is not an “equalizer.” Black people are being infected and dying at higher rates. Here’s what Milwaukee is doing about it — and why governments need to start releasing data on the...

https://www.propublica.org/article/early-data-shows-african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-coronavirus-at-an-alarming-rate/
"Yet, who was the first person to die of COVID-19 in Brazil? A Black female domestic worker. The first person to die of #COVID19 in St. Louis, Missouri, a hyper-segregated city and home of “Ferguson,” was an older Black woman who worked as a nurse."
https://www.aaihs.org/racializeddiseaseandpandemic/">https://www.aaihs.org/racialize...
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