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Why Utah research says Black Americans face higher COVID-19 death rate – Deseret News

Utah health officials reported another 326 COVID-19 cases and one additional death on Tuesday.

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SALT LAKE CITY Black Americans could be more likely to contract COVID-19 and die because of it than white Americans because they hold a disproportionately high number of essential-worker positions, University of Utah Health researchers found in a recent study.
Biostatisticians from the university collected and analyzed population data from the U.S. Census Bureaus 2018 American Community Survey along with data on COVID-19 deaths in April from state health department websites, excluding states t…

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