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Native Americans make up 50% of COVID-19 deaths in New Mexico

5/12/2020

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By Marjorie Childress | New Mexico In Depth
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"Half of the 200 people who had died as of yesterday in New Mexico from COVID-19 were Native Americans, a jarring number for a population that makes up 11% of the state’s population.

It’s another grim statistic for the state’s 23 tribes who have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico. Nearly 60% of people identified to date through testing as infected with the virus are indigenous." ​
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