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As Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) moves to reopen more businesses, a new study underscores the disproportionate toll the virus has taken on the state’s African American population.Surveying eight Georgia ­hospitals, researchers found that in a sample of 305 covid-19 patients, 247 were black — more than 80 percent and more than they expected.“It is…

Expanded testing suggests that nearly 1 in 4 New Yorkers have contracted coronavirus since the pandemic tore into the city last month, Gov. Cuomo said Monday. Some 24.7% of people tested at random in the five boroughs had coronavirus antibodies, meaning they have had the deadly disease and recovered. That’s up from 21% in a…

An overwhelmingly majority of inmates from four states’ prison systems that tested positive for COVID-19 have been asymptomatic, according to Reuters.Between Arkansas, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia, 3,277 inmates tested positive for the virus. Of that number, 96 percent of the inmates were asymptomatic, meaning they showed no symptoms associated with the disease.Asymptomatic patients can transmit…

An overwhelmingly majority of inmates from four states' prison systems that tested positive for COVID-19 have been asymptomatic, according to Reuters.Between Arkansas, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia, 3,277 inmates tested positive for the virus. Of that number, 96 percent of the inmates were asymptomatic, meaning they showed no symptoms associated with the disease.Asymptomatic patients can transmit…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.University of Miami researchers said Friday that around six percent of Miami-Dade County residents -- approximamtely 165,000 people -- have coronavirus antibodies indicating previous infection, a far larger total than the 10,926 county cases confirmed by Florida health officials.A two-week countywide study of 1,400 participants found about half…