ARCHIVE:
The color of coronavirus

COVID-19 deaths by race and ethnicity in the U.S.

This is an archive of the Color of Coronavirus monthly updates since March 2022, as well as select updates from previous iterations. More about this project, as well as the most recent information, in our latest update here.

June 2023: Fewest deaths in April since beginning of pandemic; deaths down across all racial and ethnic groups

May 2023: All racial and ethnic groups in all states saw COVID deaths drop in third year of pandemic

April 2023: COVID-19 deaths decrease in February for all racial and ethnic groups

March 2023: COVID deaths of Black Americans increased most from December

Februrary 2023: White Americans now have second-highest cumulative crude mortality rate

January 2023: Around 10,000 COVID deaths in November, up slightly from October

December 2022: COVID deaths down again in October, state-level data shows variety of disparities

November 2022: COVID deaths down for all race and ethnicity groups in September

October 2022: In many states, white Americans now have highest crude COVID-19 death rates

September 2022: Racial disparities in COVID-19 mortality have narrowed in 2022

August 2022: Most racial and ethnic groups see an increase in deaths after low point in spring

July 2022: Deaths increase for Asian, Pacific Islander and white Americans

June 2022: Deaths in April lowest since March 2020 for all race and ethnicity groups

May 2022: Mortality rate for Latino Americans nearly doubles when adjusting for age

April 2022: Indigenous Americans have highest COVID-19 mortality rates

March 2022: Relaunched Color of Coronavirus shows racial disparities of mortality persist

March 2021: The final installment of the Color of Coronavirus using data compiled from state websites

December 2020: The Color of Coronavirus - 2020 Year in Review

Summer 2020: The Color of Coronavirus Response Panel - doctors, researchers and community leaders comment on what they seen in our data and what they think should be done