For example, one block just across the street from the hospital has about 60% Hispanic and 30% Asian residents.
That block has 1/3 of its residents below the poverty level with a median resident age of 36 years.
The prevalence of the virus may result from travel to other nations, or patterns of social interaction in a dense urban area. Another factor is the kinds of work most of the residents are involved with. Unemployment is very low, reported at under 5%, but median household income is only about $23,000 per year. The kind of work done by people in those neighborhoods may have increased risks of exposure and therefore contributed to the prevalence of the virus
Hard working people in New York city that are driving cabs, or Uber vehicles, or cleaning hotel rooms, or washing dishes, or doing thousands of other jobs needed to keep the city going don't have the luxury of sitting at home working remotely.
[The blocks around the hospital have populations that are largely characterized as Hispanic or Asian in census data.
For example, one block just across the street from the hospital has about 60% Hispanic and 30% Asian residents.
That block has 1/3 of its residents below the poverty level with a median resident age of 36 years.
The prevalence of the virus may result from travel to other nations, or patterns of social interaction in a dense urban area. Another factor is the kinds of work most of the residents are involved with. Unemployment is very low, reported at under 5%, but median household income is only about $23,000 per year. The kind of work done by people in those neighborhoods may have increased risks of exposure and therefore contributed to the prevalence of the virus ]