Texas News Study Finds More People Of Color In Texas Die From COVID In The Prime Of Life KWBU | By Texas Standard Published December 29, 2020 at 12:16 PM CST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:35 Michael Minasi/KUT A candle tribute to individuals who lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic in Travis County is set up outside of the Long Center. The temporary memorial featured 450 battery-operated candles for 450 deaths at the time. Though seniors of al ethnicities make up the largest number of COVID-19 fatalities, the rate of death among working-age people is higher for Black and Latino Texans.