Washington, April 8 -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the White House would release data on coronavirus cases by race in the near future.

He further went on to say that evidence shows African Americans having higher rates of COVID-19 infection in the United States.



He noted that his administration is actively engaging on the problem of increased impacts on the African American community, and doing everything to address this challenge.



"It's been disproportional," Trump told a White House press briefing, adding he is very concerned about the terrible numbers of infected African Americans.



Higher rates of pre-existing conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and asthma within black and minority communitie...