75% of frontline workers in New York, the epicenter of coronavirus, are people of color

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and black Americans are twice as likely to die from COVID-19.

The fourth day of protests against police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd in police custody, turned into violence on Sunday night as some protestors broke into luxury downtown stores. These scenes were played out across the country. Peaceful protesters marched down Columbus Avenue on Sunday afternoon holding placards and wearing #BlackLivesMatters T-shirts. It was, perhaps, the largest group of people gathered in one place since social distancing began.

Even during the march, they wore face masks. The wait, of course, is not over. At least, not yet. New York City remains Ground Zero for coronavirus. Coronavirus deaths here have long surpassed the number of New York fatalities on 9/11. As a blanket of silence covers the streets during the day and people have started wearing masks in public, hospitals are grappling with the chaos created by an unseen virus and lack of personal protective equipment.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and the number of deaths continues to rise. As of Monday, there are 1,791,163 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S., and 104,399 deaths, and 29,784 deaths in New York, the largest of any state in the country. Worldwide, there were 6,198,167 confirmed cases and 6,198,167 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

Gallup data released Monday data add more support to previous research that less-educated workers in low-wage, blue-collar roles have been hardest hit by COVID-19, and suggests the pandemic is exacerbating the income inequality that existed before its arrival.” Some 95% of workers in low-income households — making less than $36,000 per year — have either been laid off as a result of the coronavirus (37%) or have experienced a loss in income (58%).

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