Health Equity

Black, Latino and Native American people being hospitalized with COVID-19 at roughly 4 times rate of white counterparts: CDC

Abstract: New reporting from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that Black, Latino, Hispanic and Native American people are being hospitalized with COVID-19 at nearly four times the rate of non-Hispanic white persons.

Publication: The Hill

Date Published: November 17, 2020

Author(s): Aris Folley

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