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COVID-19’s assault on Black and Brown communities

African-American and Latinx populations are being devastated by the coronavirus, in Philadelphia, statewide, and across the country. Members of the Black and Latinx communities make up a disproportionate amount of COVID-19 cases, and have more severe outcomes when they are hospitalized.