A study by the medical journal Pediatrics found that more than 120,000 children in the United States lost a primary caregiver who died from the coronavirus, with more than 50% of them coming from Black and Hispanic families, PBS reports.
“These findings really highlight those children who have been left most vulnerable by the pandemic, and where additional resources should be directed,” one of the study’s authors, Dr. Alexandra Blenkinsop of Imperial College London, said in a statement.
The study also found that another 22,000 children lost a secondary caregiver, defined as someone who may have provided a single “basic need” such as housing or education to a child.