CHICAGO, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. counties with higher income inequality faced higher rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths in the first 200 days of the pandemic, and counties with higher proportions of Black or Hispanic residents also had higher rates, a study of the University of Illinois (UI) found.
The researchers' analysis included 3,141 of 3,142 counties in the United States with available data, with the remaining county excluded due to incomplete information. The 200 days for which they collected data spanned Jan. 22, 2020, when the first U.S. case was confirmed, to Aug. 8.