The death rate from Covid-19 for black and Latino New Yorkers is roughly twice that of white New Yorkers, according to the latest city data. The death rate among Latino New Yorkers is 22.8 for every 100,000 people. Among African Americans, it is 19.8. In contrast, 10.2 of every 100,000 white New Yorkers has died from the new coronavirus.

The numbers, which were released on Wednesday, are based on 63 percent of confirmed Covid-19 deaths in New York City. They are consistent with reporting from Louisiana, Illinois, Milwaukee, and Michigan, as well as preliminary national data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which show that black people are dying in greater numbers from the virus. They are also in line with long-established health disparities in New York City, where the poor and people of color tend to die earlier and suffer worse health outcomes.

The new numbers show the virus ravaging the city’s communities of color and spreading along the edges of New York’s vast economic divide. The five ZIP codes with the highest rates of positive tests for the coronavirus — in Corona, Cambria Heights, East Elmhurst, Queens Village, and Jackson Heights — have an average per capita income of $26,708, while residents in the five with the lowest rates — in Lower Manhattan, Tribeca, Battery Park City, and the east side of Midtown — had an average income of $118,166, according to an analysis of New York City data by The Intercept.

Zip Codes With the Highest Positive Test Rates

Zip Code Total Tests Positive Tests Percent Positive Estimated Per Capita Income 11368 2132 1659 77.81 $17,595 11369 813 608 74.78 $22,638 11411 424 309 72.88 $35,141 11372 1268 916 72.24 $30,059 11429 542 381 70.3 $28,107

Estimated per capita income in New York zip codes with the highest percentage of positive Covid-19 tests, all located in Queens. These numbers, current as of April 8, may reflect local disparities in testing availability. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; NYC Health Department

Zip Codes With the Lowest Positive Test Rates

Zip Code Total Tests Positive Tests Percent Positive Estimated Per Capita Income 10017 212 74 34.91 $111,185 10007 86 30 34.88 $147,547 10280 66 23 34.85 $110,785 10005 103 32 31.07 $106,702 10006 33 8 24.24 $114,611

Estimated per capita income in New York zip codes with the lowest percentage of positive Covid-19 tests, all located in Manhattan. These numbers, current as of April 8, may reflect local disparities in testing availability. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; NYC Health Department

While the data is still incomplete and factors contributing to the spread of the coronavirus are not yet fully understood, some experts caution against interpreting the racial disparity as caused by race itself. “It can make sense to point to race as a proxy for other causal factors, such as greater rates of poverty and poorer access to health care,” said Adolph Reed, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. But Reed warned of the danger of “neatly tying up the specific epidemiological factors for coronavirus or other bad health outcomes with the ribbon of race.”

“Insofar as people insist on race as the framework, then it clouds what the causal mechanisms are,” said Reed. Race correlates with poverty, a lack of sick leave, exposure to pollution, jobs that leave employees exposed to the coronavirus, and a need to take subways and buses, which can be a source of exposure.