Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans disproportionally killed by Covid-19 last year, a new study says
Oct. 5, 2021, 6:28 PM UTCCovid-19 killed a disproportionate number of the country's Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans last year and exacerbated health disparities among the groups, a new study concludes.
Of the 477,200"excess deaths" last year, 351,400 people — or about 74 percent — died from Covid as the underlying cause, researchers said. The study said Black, Latino and Native American Covid-related deaths were"at least 2 times higher" than those of their white counterparts.The disparities were similar when the 61,200 deaths that weren't attributed to Covid were factored in, the study said.
Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans also were dying at higher rates last year because of medical conditions like diabetes, heart disease and Alzheimer, although there were increases among all groups, according to the study.
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