Black People in NYC Twice As Likely To Die From Covid As Whites: Data

"The startling data was released by the city's Health Department Friday."

"Black residents in New York City are dying from the novel coronavirus more than any other racial group, according to data released Friday by the city's Health Department.

There have been 1,999 deaths known to be of COVID-19 among black or African American people in the five boroughs, according to the data.

Black people are twice as likely as white people to die from the novel coronavirus and more than twice as likely as white people to have a non-fatal hospitalization, the data shows."

Aaron Katersky and Ella Torres report for ABC News April 17, 2020.

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"Who's Hit Hardest By COVID-19? Why Obesity, Stress And Race All Matter" (NPR)

"Coronavirus: Why Some Racial Groups Are More Vulnerable" (BBC News)

"Why Are Blacks Dying At Higher Rates From COVID-19?" (Brookings Institution)

"Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate" (ProPublica)

"Covid-19: Black People And Other Minorities Are Hardest Hit in US" (BMJ)