Coronavirus hot spot neighborhoods targeted for education, testing in Orange County

Coronavirus hot spot neighborhoods targeted for education, testing in Orange County

Calling COVID-19 a “disease of disparities,” Bernadette Boden-Albala, dean of UC Irvine’s public health program, said when the zip codes with the most coronavirus cases are sorted by income level, the fastest growth of cases is in the lowest income neighborhoods, even when residents get tested at the same rate as in higher income areas.