(Relevant) While the full scope of the pandemic’s havoc will not be fully assessed for years, early data suggests that COVID-19 is cutting a particularly deadly swath through America’s black communities. Reports suggest that black Americans infected by COVID-19 are dying at a higher rate than the U.S. population at large, prompting outcries from elected officials and demands for more data to help protect black communities.
While the demographic data of all coronavirus victims isn’t yet available, what is known is striking.