Morehouse Study Shows Impact Of Coronavirus On Georgia’s Black Population

The Morehouse researchers also found that race had a significant relationship with the disease even when accounting for other factors – a county’s level of uninsured people, poverty and population density.

Pixabay

The higher the percentage of black people in a Georgia county’s population, the higher the county’s COVID-19 rate is, a Morehouse School of Medicine study has found.

The school’s analysis of Georgia data comes at a time when various reports are pointing to a disproportionate share of the viral disease among African Americans, both in the state and nationally.

The Morehouse researchers also found that race had a significant relationship with the disease even when accounting for other factors – a county’s level of uninsured people, poverty and population density.