nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||Investigation Uncovers Missteps In Washington, D.C.’s Coronavirus Response||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||In the nation’s capital, the coronavirus has killed Black residents at 5.9 times the rate of white people — a disparity that’s worse than any other big city in America with published demographic data.

Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a press conference at a temporary field hospital at the Walter E. Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on May 11, 2020, featuring 437 beds for patients suffering from COVID-19, and part of the city’s medical surge response plan as an alternate care site to assist hospitals.

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The Coronavirus Crisis

Investigation Uncovers Missteps In Washington, D.C.’s Coronavirus Response

American Public Media

In the nation’s capital, the coronavirus has killed Black residents at 5.9 times the rate of white people — a disparity that’s worse than any other big city in America with published demographic data.