These chronic illnesses, which are in turn linked to poverty and structural racism, can lead to more serious forms of the Covid-19 disease. "And I, and many black Americans, are at higher risk for COVID." AdvertisementEMERGING TRENDThere is no nationwide data available on Covid-19 cases by race, but a pattern of over-representation by black Americans has emerged in states or jurisdictions that are sharing the numbers. Sixty-eight percent of coronavirus deaths in Chicago have been among African Americans, who make up just 30 percent of the city's population. STRUCTURAL BIASThe problem is compounded by implicit and explicit bias that African Americans face in the medical system.

Source: Daily Nation April 08, 2020 04:18 UTC