New report reveals the 'devastating and disproportionate' impact of the virus on low-income communities in the U.S., offering an initial analysis of the deadly consequences of poverty, economic insecurity and systemic racism.
reveals the"devastating and disproportionate" impact of the virus on low-income communities in the U.S., offering an initial analysis of the deadly consequences of poverty, economic insecurity and systemic racism.
In addition, counties with disproportionately more Black residents had a significantly higher COVID-19 death rate than counties that did not.In this Jan. 26, 2021, file photo, a woman is comforted by the casket of her husband, who died from complications from COVID-19, in San Felipe, Texas. MORE: US flying blind to potential COVID-19 resurgence, experts say, as states scale back on testing, data reporting
Death rates have varied throughout the pandemic, in each of the various surges. Researchers found that the two deadliest waves were the winter surge of 2020-2021, accounting for nearly 40% of all deaths to date, and the recent omicron surge, accounting for nearly 20% of deaths so far, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.