Some New York City neighbourhoods see death rates from Covid19 nearly 15 times higher than others, new data shows, highlighting disproportionate toll taken on poor communities
New data shows"dramatic inequality" in death toll from coronavirus disease in US state of New York where black and Latino or Hispanic have borne maximum brunt of virus.
The data shows for the first time a breakdown on the number of deaths in each of the city's more than 60 ZIP codes. A long subway ride away in Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens, which is more than 40 percent black and 25 percent Latino or Hispanic, the death rate is nearly 15 times higher: 444 deaths per 100,000 residents.
Poor black and Latino New Yorkers are much more likely to do low-paid, essential jobs that cannot be done remotely, putting them at higher risk of exposure, Levine said. Over 20,000 deaths
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