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

• 1 in 1,250 Black
• 1 in 1,500 Indigenous
• 1 in 1,700 Pac. Islander
• 1 in 2,200 Latino
• 1 in 2,800 White &
• 1 in 3,000 Asian
…Americans has DIED (through 8/4).

apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

We've updated our COLOR OF CORONAVIRUS project with data through 8/4. #Black & #Indigenous Americans continue to see the highest #COVID19 death rates. #PacificIslanders & #Latinos have seen the sharpest rise in actual mortality rates during past 2 weeks.

apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

The toll of health inequity, as measured in lives lost...

We have posted new data through 8/4 for all states and the nation, by race, revealing #COVID19's continued toll.
Explore the data:
apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

#healthequity #epitwitter #medtwitter #CoronavirusUSA #ASA2020

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

▶️Blacks is 3.7 times as high
▶️Indigenous people is 3.5X as high
▶️Pacific Islanders is 3.1X as high
▶️Latinos is 2.8X as high
▶️Asians is 1.4X as high.

(8/4 data)

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

The latest yawning disparities in Black mortality vs White mortality in #COVID19 by state. 32,702 #Black Americans are known to have lost their lives to #COVID19 through Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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cc: @COVIDBLK @uche_blackstock @SpeakPatrice @berubea1 @Colorlines

Examine all the data for your state and the nation here: apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

America is approaching 160,000 lives lost from #COVID19.

Explore all the data about those we've lost, state by state, with a focus on racial equity, at our COLOR OF CORONAVIRUS project here: apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

#healthequity #epitwitter #medtwitter #coronavirus

The #coronavirus has claimed 155,000+ American lives through Aug. 4, 2020—nearly 14,000 more than our last update 2 weeks ago, averaging about 1,000 deaths per day.

Pac. Islanders & Latinos have seen the sharpest recent rise in their mortality rates: apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

In every state we examined, the #COVID19 mortality rate for #Indigenous people outpaces mortality for Whites--most dramatically so in #Mississippi (more than 27 times higher), #NewMexico (23X) & #Arizona (9X).

[Data thru 8/4, age-adjusted.]

Learn more: apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

Nationwide, Latinos are 2.8 times more likely to have died from #COVID19 than Whites (age-adjusted). And they are dying disproportionately above Whites in every state except #Pennsylvania. More data here: apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-b…

@LatinoUSA @LatinoVoices @latinorebels @NAHJ

* NEW on our #LabNotes blog: @DataANDInfo analyzes trends in #COVID19 deaths by race. "As we approach fall in the U.S., the daylight is shortening, but the loss of life is lengthening—and no racial group has been spared from this terrible trend."
apmresearchlab.org/blog/summer-of…

We asked 10 thought-leaders to react to our Color of Coronavirus project on #COVID19 disparities. Their responses are wise & searing: apmresearchlab.org/covid/response…
@uche_blackstock @SpeakPatrice @berubea1 @alastanford @echohawkd3 @agrantth @Mona__Shah @RWJF @kalamehta23 @PublicHealth

We asked 10 leaders, including Dr. @uche_blackstock:
What do you SEE in our #ColorofCoronavirus data? And what should be DONE about the deep racial disparities in #COVID19 mortality? Their words are arresting & stirring. Read more: apmresearchlab.org/covid/response…

We asked 10 leaders, including Rev. Eric D. Williams of Kansas City: What do you SEE in our #ColorofCoronavirus data? And what should be DONE about deep racial disparities in #COVID19 mortality? Their words are arresting & stirring. More: apmresearchlab.org/covid/response…
@KCURUpToDate

We asked 10 leaders, including @kalamehta23: What do you SEE in our #ColorofCoronavirus data? And what should be DONE about the deep racial disparities in #COVID19 mortality? Their words are arresting & stirring. More: apmresearchlab.org/covid/response…
@sfBUILD @UCSF

We asked 10 leaders, including Alan Berube (@berubea1) of @BrookingsInst: What do you SEE in our #ColorofCoronavirus data? And what should be DONE about the deep racial disparities in #COVID19 mortality? Their words are arresting & stirring. Read more: apmresearchlab.org/covid/response…

We asked 10 thought-leaders, including @SpeakPatrice: What do you SEE in our #ColorofCoronavirus data? And what should be DONE about the deep racial disparities in #COVID19 mortality? Their words are arresting & stirring. Read more: apmresearchlab.org/covid/response…

We asked 10 thought-leaders, including Abigail Echo-Hawk @echohawkd3: What do you SEE in our #ColorofCoronavirus data? And what should be DONE about the deep racial disparities in #COVID19 mortality? Their words are arresting & stirring. apmresearchlab.org/covid/response…

We asked 10 thought-leaders, including pediatric surgeon @alastanford: What do you SEE in our #ColorofCoronavirus data? And what should be DONE about the deep racial disparities in #COVID19 mortality? Their words are arresting & stirring. apmresearchlab.org/covid/response…

We asked 10 thought-leaders, including Dr. @Mona__Shah @RWJF: What do you SEE in our #ColorofCoronavirus data? And what should be DONE about the deep racial disparities in #COVID19 mortality? Their words are arresting & stirring. apmresearchlab.org/covid/response…

We asked 10 thought-leaders, including @agrantth of @RaceEmbrace: What do you SEE in our #ColorofCoronavirus data? And what should be DONE about the deep racial disparities in #COVID19 mortality? Their words are arresting & stirring. Read more:
apmresearchlab.org/covid/response…

We asked 10 leaders, including Elena Ong, champion for Pac. Islander data: What do you SEE in our #ColorofCoronavirus data? & What should be DONE about the deep racial disparities in #COVID19 mortality? Their words are arresting. apmresearchlab.org/covid/response…
@APICaucus @PublicHealth