Thread by @JamilSmith, Los Angeles County released a partial racial breakdown of COVID-19 deaths, covering [...]

Los Angeles County released a partial racial breakdown of COVID-19 deaths, covering 57% of its total to date. Of those 93 cases, most are Latino—but “African Americans have a slightly higher death rate” than other groups, per the county’s health director. https://lat.ms/3aT6NF0

L.A. releases first racial breakdown of coronavirus fatalities; African Americans have higher death...

Coronavirus: L.A. releases first racial breakdown of fatalities; African Americans have higher death rate

https://lat.ms/3aT6NF0

Every state and municipality needs to be doing racial breakdowns of coronavirus cases and deaths. What little we know now tells us that black people are being infected and dying at disproportionately high rates. We need the data to work towards a solution. https://nyti.ms/34lwo7e

Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States

Data on race and the disease Covid-19 is too limited to draw sweeping conclusions, experts say, but disparate rates of sickness — and death — have emerged in some places.

https://nyti.ms/34lwo7e

“The sobering statistics suggest black Chicagoans are dying at a rate nearly six times greater than white residents.” https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-coronavirus-deaths-demographics-lightfoot-20200406-77nlylhiavgjzb2wa4ckivh7mu-story.html

Chicago’s coronavirus disparity: Black Chicagoans are dying at nearly six times the rate of white...

Black Chicagoans are dying from the coronavirus at a rate higher than any other racial demographic, public records show.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-coronavirus-deaths-demographics-lightfoot-20200406-77nlylhiavgjzb2wa4ckivh7mu-story.html

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