In a recent analysis, we highlighted the higher risks COVID-19
poses for communities of color due to underlying health, social,
and economic disparities. When we released that analysis, only a
handful of states were reporting racial and ethnic data for
confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths, but those data were already
showing stark, disproportionate impacts for some groups of color.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began
reporting national data on confirmed coronavirus cases by race and
ethnicity as...