The spread of this virus is quite equal among races. However, the death toll has dealt a heavy blow to the black residents of Los Angeles County.

Experts say that new cases may lead to a greater burden on African-Americans and Latinos all over the United States. COVID-19 pandemic has brought a relatively heavier burden to these people.

After-the-fact analysis of existing data and census demography shows that the infection rate in black counties is three times that in white counties, and the death rate is almost six times that of death.

According to a new study, there is new evidence that more African Americans die of coronavirus in the United States than whites or other races.

On the 17th local time, Alex Azar, US Secretary of Health and Human Services, said in an interview with the US media that the important reason for the large number of novel coronavirus pneumonia in the United States is the health status of Americans, especially ethnic minority communities. This view was refuted by American media.

According to CNN, Azar made relevant remarks when accepting CNN's "State of the Union Address" program, which was hosted by Jack Tapper. At the beginning of the program, Tapper pointed out that, The death toll in novel coronavirus pneumonia is approaching 90,000, Azar then blamed the health of Americans, He also said, "Unfortunately, the population of the United States is very diverse, and it is an ethnic group with serious unhealthy concomitants, which puts many people in our community, especially African Americans, and ethnic minority communities at risk, because these people have potential disease health differences and concomitants. This is an unfortunate legacy of the American health care system, and of course we have to solve it. "Azar's statement was quickly questioned by American media. CNN quoted the research results released by American Public Media (APM) on May 11, pointing out that at that time, the death toll in the United States exceeded 80,000, of which only 17,155 were black."