![USA Today found that many counties with the highest COVID death rates nationally have a majority of their populations being people of color. In Hancock County, three in four residents are in that demographic.](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2020-10/bloodpressureblacks-640x300.jpg?itok=dz6--2zq)
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USA Today found that many counties with the highest COVID death rates nationally have a majority of their populations being people of color. In Hancock County, three in four residents are in that demographic.
Credit: Georgia Health News