Research on the Relationship between Race and the COVID-19

Ethnic and Racial minorities have been disproportionally affected by COVID-19 which can be seen from a significantly higher hospitalization rate, ICU-admission rate, and mortality rate [1]. This disparity has posed a great burden to certain racial groups, urging more studies to determine their vulnerability and the corresponding risk factors. This research used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and chose patients from the US as a racially diverse sample. Logistic regression and categorical regression were conducted to identify the association between their race and clinical outcomes (ICU-admission and Death). A randomized sample with a total of 80204 patients proportionally from “Asian, Non-Hispanic”, “Black, Non-Hispanic”, “Hispanic/Latino”, and “White, Non-Hispanic” are included. This study shows that, given the same conditions of gender, hospitalization and medical condition, Asian and Black racial minorities have a higher mortality rate (“Asian, Non-Hispanic”: 0, “Black, Non-Hispanic”: 95%, -0.370 - -0.209), and are more likely to be ICU-admitted (“Asian, Non-Hispanic”: 0, “Black, Non-Hispanic”: 95%, -0.364 - -0.0.176) compared to White, Non-Hispanic individuals (Death: 95%, -0.725 - -0.495; ICU-admission: 95%, -0.788 - -0.0.580,). This result shows its consistency with the existing studies, and it also demonstrates the importance of rebuilding the medical system and more realistically reallocating resources as an agenda during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.