Thread by @APMResearch

* NEW (PAINFUL) #COVID19 MORTALITY DATA BY RACE FOR 50 STATES & DC:

• 1 in 1,350 Black
• 1 in 1,650 Indigenous
• 1 in 2,100 Pac. Islander
• 1 in 2,700 Latino
• 1 in 3,100 White &
• 1 in 3,250 Asian
…Americans has died (through 7/21).

More: apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

We've updated our COLOR OF CORONAVIRUS project w/ latest #COVID19 mortality data by race. And this stat at the heart of #healthequity: If they had died of #COVID19 at the White rate, 17,000 Black, 3,000 Latino & 500 Indigenous people would still be alive.

apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

Compared to Whites, the latest U.S. age-adjusted COVID-19 mortality rate for:

* Blacks is 3.7X as high
* Indigenous ppl is 3.5X as high
* Pacific Islanders is 2.8X as high
* Latinos is 2.5X as high
* Asians is 1.4X as high.

apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

#epitwitter #MedTwitter

In just the past 2 weeks, we have lost another:

* 4,470 White
* 2,005 Latino
* 1,621 Black
* 389 Asian
* 175 Indigenous
* 23 Pac. Islander &
* 895 other/unknown race Americans to #COVID19.

Get the latest here on U.S. #coronavirus mortality by race here: apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

#COVID19 is taking growing toll on all Americans, but heaviest losses among Black & Indigenous residents.
📊NEW DATA thru 7/21:
apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

cc: @Colorlines @ColorOfChange @codeshift @CovidWhileBlack @COVIDBLK @uche_blackstock @andreperryedu @donlemon @SpeakPatrice

In every state (with 15+ deaths per group), #Indigenous mortality outpaces White mortality from #COVID19. Staggering losses seen in Mississippi, New Mexico & Arizona.

New data for all states & race/ethnicity groups: apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

@najournalists

In 18 states and the U.S. overall, Asians are more likely to die from #COVID19 than Whites. Aside from NY, the Midwestern states of NE, IA, MN & IL show WIDE disparities. Examine data for all states & race groups here, in our COLOR OF CORONAVIRUS project: apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

In EVERY state (w/ 15+ deaths), #COVID19 mortality among Black residents outpaces White residents. Staggering losses & inequitable deaths seen in states from coast to coast.

New data for all states & race/ethnicity groups: apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…