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Graph with population data & death rates from COVID for African Americans in Louisiana, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, and Chicago.
COVID disproportionately impacted Black communities in four states and Chicago. (Photo: Statista/Niall McCarthy)

New data released shows that Black people die at disproportionately high rates from COVID-19.

04/08/2020

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COVID disproportionately impacted Black communities in four states and Chicago. (Photo: Statista/Niall McCarthy)

Black communities are dying at higher rates than other communities in the U.S. from COVID-19. Perry (2020) writes: "The coronavirus does not discriminate, but our housing, economic, and health care policies do. Environmental racism, unaffordable housing, a lack of job opportunities, poverty, and inadequate health care are underlying social conditions, strongly influenced by policy, which place Black people and their neighborhoods at risk."