“Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.”
Lovely Warren
Mayor of Rochester, N.Y.. a press conference. Claim dated 8 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
She's right for deaths, but African Americans has a disproportionate share of ICU and non-ICU hospitalizations in Monroe County, and Hispanics had a disproportionate share of non-ICU hospitalizations.
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In short
Lovely Warren (Mayor of Rochester, N.Y.) made this claim around 8 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 April 2020, 15 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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