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The true toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on many communities of color is worse than previously known. Graphic by USA Today Network

The uncounted: People of color are dying at much higher rates than what COVID data suggests

by Betsy Ladyzhets, Shaena Montanari and Rachel Monahan December 28, 2022October 25, 2023

Unspecific, unknown deaths rose 10 times more among Black, Hispanic and Indigenous people than among white Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new analysis.

The Window Rock formation is illuminated on March 17 in Window Rock, Ariz. during an event to remember members of the Navajo Nation who died of COVID-19. Photo by Noel Lyn Smith | The Daily Times /USA TODAY Network

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Community response helped reverse COVID’s devastating toll on Indigenous communities in Arizona

by Betsy Ladyzhets and Shaena Montanari December 28, 2022October 25, 2023