Early data on COVID-19 racial disparities are revealing that Black communities are being hit hardest with fatalities associated with the coronavirus.
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In US news and current events today, COVID-19 is disproportionately taking Black lives. Across the U.S. data is coming from both state and local governments that shows racial disparity in COVID-19 cases and deaths.

Governor John Bel Edwards described the situation in his state of Louisiana saying that 'slightly more than 70% of all of our deaths are among African Americans, who make up about 32% or so of the overall population of our state.'

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