After doing an analysis that was one of the first to examine racial disparities of COVID-19 cases and deaths nationwide, AP's Race and Ethnicity and data teams continued gathering and analyzing data. Using the state and local data available to them, they found nearly one-third of those who have died are African American, with black people representing about 14% of the population in the areas covered in the analysis. And beyond the data the teams’ latest all-formats story looked into the lives of people personally affected.
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AP analysis sees more extreme racial disparity in virus cases
People wait for a distribution of masks and food from the Rev. Al Sharpton in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, after a new state mandate was issued requiring residents to wear face coverings in public due to COVID-19, April 18, 2020. The latest Associated Press analysis of available data shows that nearly one-third of those who have died from the coronavirus are African American, even though blacks are only about 14% of the population studied.
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