Table 6.

COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates/100,000 Medicare beneficiaries, by race, ethnicity and Medicaid eligibility, US, January 1-November 21, 2020.

	Black	Latinx	AI/AN*	Asian	White
Infection rates (#/100,000)
Medicare + Medicaid	6,754	6,851	6,833	3,325	6,385
Medicare only	2,804	2,978	3,281	1,293	2,091
Hospitalization rates (#/100,000)
Medicare + Medicaid	2,490	2,272	2,507	1,070	1,444
Medicare only	1,050	720	1,272	340	465

^*American Indian/Alaska Native.

Source: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Preliminary Medicare COVID-19 Data Snapshot Medicare Claims and Encounter Data: Services January 1 to November 21, 2020, Received by December 18, 2020. https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-systems/preliminary-medicare-covid-19-data-snapshot.