A Milwaukee woman has lost at least 15 people in her world to the coronavirus in the year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemicMILWAUKEE -- The first person Kimberly Montgomery lost to COVID-19 was her aunt. Then, one after another, 14 other people in Montgomery’s world — family members, friends, friends who were like family — succumbed to the same disease. It was an unimaginable string of losses in the year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, and all but one of those who died was Black, like Montgomery. More than 73,000 Black Americans have died from COVID-19, and they have the second-highest mortality rate of all racial groups, behind Indigenous people. She is one of those people who laughs easily and a lot, earning the nickname “Sunshine” throughout her life.

Source: ABC News March 08, 2021 18:22 UTC