Fact check: Biden says 1 in 1,000 Black Americans have died from COVID-19. Is it true?

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Fact check: Biden says 1 in 1,000 Black Americans have died from COVID-19. Is it true?

… that 1 in 1,000 Black Americans have died due to COVID … groups: 1 in 1,020 Black Americans has died (or 97.9 … 000),” the report said.

Nationwide, Black Americans “experience the highest actual COVID … age, the mortality rate for Black Americans is still 3.4 times …

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