The governor told ABC’s "This Week" that he requested a study to track the number of cases and deaths by race because it wasn’t being monitored by anyone, including the federal government.
The study found that black Marylanders make up 52 percent of the deaths from the coronavirus despite making up only 31 percent of the state’s population.
"This disparity among African Americans is very disturbing," Hogan said. "It’s why I called for the study. You know nobody was really tracking these things."
He said the state has backtracked and has data on race for 80 percent of cases and plans to release it by ZIP code Sunday or Monday.