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As US Deaths Mount, Virus Takes Outsize Toll on People of Color
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Date: August 21, 2020 11:10PM As US Deaths Mount, Virus Takes Outsize Toll on People of Color
People of color make up just under 40% of the U.S. population but accounted for approximately 52% of all the “excess deaths" above normal through July, according to an analysis by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the criminal justice system. As many as 215,000 more people than usual died in the U.S. during the first seven months of 2020, suggesting that the number of lives lost to the coronavirus is significantly higher than the official toll. And half the dead were people of color — Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and, to a marked degree unrecognized until now, Asian Americans. The new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight a stark disparity: Deaths among people of color during the crisis have risen far more than they have among whites. As of the end of July, the official death toll in the U.S. from COVID-19 was about 150,000. It has since grown to over 170,000. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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