Siddique, Abu Bakkar; Haynes, Kingsley E.; Kulkarni, … - 2021
This paper examines the role of regional poverty on the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.A. It also verifies if the effects … differ with the concentration of ethnic minorities. We find that poverty is a significant and consistent determinant of … higher COVID-19 infections and fatalities. The prevalent poverty areas experienced higher infections due to its economic …