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Nursing homes with a significant number of black and Latino residents have been twice as likely to be hit by the coronavirus as predominantly white facilities.

This article is published in partnership with @baltimoresun, @LAist and @thesouthern.
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More than 60% of nursing homes where at least a quarter of the residents are black or Latino have reported at least one coronavirus case, a New York Times analysis shows. That is double the rate of homes where black and Latino people make up less than 5% of the population.

The racial disparity in nursing homes hit by the coronavirus existed no matter the size of the facility, its location or its government rating

The New York Times teamed up with @baltimoresun, @LAist and @thesouthern to interview dozens of current and former nursing home workers, residents and their relatives to better understand the disparities in 3 states: Maryland, California and Illinois nyti.ms/2ATq5Nz

In the Chicago area, one man said he had to move his mother from a nursing home after she tested positive for the coronavirus. At her former nursing home, where most residents are black, at least 121 residents and employees have been infected and 24 people have died.

In Baltimore County, workers at one nursing home where many residents are black said they were given rain ponchos and nylon hair bonnets for protection in early April, after Maryland required all nursing homes to provide the staff with protective equipment

In East Los Angeles, a worker at a nursing home where many residents are Latino said workers were not given masks until April, well into the outbreak in the U.S. At least 83 residents and employees have contracted the coronavirus, and at least a dozen of them have died.

The coronavirus has been infecting and killing people of color at disproportionately high rates in the U.S., data has shown. Read our report from April. nyti.ms/3gaXgw6

Read more about the racial divide in how the coronavirus has hit nursing homes here nyti.ms/2ATq5Nz