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'Disproportionate Impact': Officials Work To Mitigate
Covid-
19 In NJ's Black Communities
State officials are working to mitigate COVID-19's disproportionate impact in New Jersey's black communities. There were more than 4,000 coronavirus-related fatalities in New Jersey as of Friday evening, 22 percent of which were African Americans, NJ Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said. Gov. Phil Murphy previously noted that's more than 50 percent higher than the overall representation in the population. "Your zip code sometimes matters more than your genetic code," Persichilli said Saturday. Just over 50 percent of the state's COVID-19 fatalities were white non-hispanic, and mo…