Poor, dense neighborhoods in New York's outer boroughs have highest rate of COVID-19 deaths, ZIP Code data shows [marketwatch.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 5/19/2012:00 PM

By Beckie Strum, MarketWatch, May 18, 2020

Neighborhoods in southeast Queens as well as Brooklyn have the highest death rates from COVID-19 in the city, according to data New York City’s health department made public for the first time on Monday afternoon.

The deaths by ZIP Code offer a new window into how the coronavirus has ripped through pockets of density and poverty, leaving a single community to mourn hundreds of deaths. The granular death counts also reinforce a clear pattern of severe disease clustered around the city’s public housing projects.

For instance, Canarsie-Flatlands in Brooklyn, home to four New York City Housing Authority developments, has the highest death rate in the city by population. The worst-hit ZIP Code in the neighborhood has recorded 612 deaths per 100,000 residents—more than triple the city average and the highest rate in the city.

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