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African Americans may be more likely to get COVID-19 and to require hospital care

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US scientists looked at data for 2,595 adults tested for COVID-19 in Wisconsin and say African Americans were considerably more likely than other ethnic groups to test positive for the disease, and more likely to end up in hospital, when factors other than race were accounted for. However, Black people were not more likely than other ethnic groups to require intensive care, but the poorest people in the study were.

Journal/conference: JAMA Network Open

Link to research (DOI): 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.21892

Organisation/s: Medical College of Wisconsin, USA

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Racial Disparities in Incidence, Outcomes Among Patients With COVID-19

What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the association between race and COVID-19 after accounting for age, sex, socioeconomic status and comorbidities.

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