The coronavirus has been disproportionately impacting the Black community and Prince George’s County, Md. has become a prime example.
The predominantly African-American suburb of Washington, D.C., where the average African-American income is $100K, has seen a surge in cases and in deaths.
The Washington Post recently reported that the county has been inundated with the sick. Parking lots have been turned into makeshift trauma centers to offer care as the ICU’s are full. Funeral directors are running out of places to store the increase of bodies as the death toll from COVID-19 rises.
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Seventy percent of the county’s 900,000 residents are from a minority background. Many of them are front-line workers in professions like maintenance workers and education who have been exposed to the virus. Others have underlying health issues such as diabetes, hypertension, and obesity.
To date, 130 African American, 15 Latino, and 19 white people have died because of the novel coronavirus in PG County, according to current data.
“It’s served as a magnifying glass for challenges we knew we had,” said county executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D). “We know that when this is over, we can’t return to business as usual.”
Source: COVID-19 is ravaging one of the richest Black counties in the U.S.
