Live updates: Coronavirus is infecting, killing black Americans at a higher rate; U.S. reports largest single-day death toll
By
Kim Bellware,
Lateshia Beachum,
Miriam Berger,
Adam Taylor,
Samantha Pell,
Jesse Dougherty and
Meryl Kornfield
April 8, 2020 at 10:05 a.m. GMT+8
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The United States on Tuesday reported more than 1,800 coronavirus-related fatalities, a new one-day high, with some states still to release their totals.
Covid-19 appears to be infecting and killing black Americans at a disproportionately high rate, according to a Washington Post analysis of early data from jurisdictions across the country. The emerging disparity led the surgeon general Tuesday to acknowledge in personal terms the increased risk for African Americans amid growing demands that public-health officials release more data on the race of those who are sick, hospitalized and dying.
By
Kim Bellware,
Lateshia Beachum,
Miriam Berger,
Adam Taylor,
Samantha Pell,
Jesse Dougherty and
Meryl Kornfield
April 8, 2020 at 10:05 a.m. GMT+8
The Washington Post is providing this story for free so that all readers have access to this important information about the coronavirus. For more free stories, sign up for our daily Coronavirus Updates newsletter.
The United States on Tuesday reported more than 1,800 coronavirus-related fatalities, a new one-day high, with some states still to release their totals.
Covid-19 appears to be infecting and killing black Americans at a disproportionately high rate, according to a Washington Post analysis of early data from jurisdictions across the country. The emerging disparity led the surgeon general Tuesday to acknowledge in personal terms the increased risk for African Americans amid growing demands that public-health officials release more data on the race of those who are sick, hospitalized and dying.