A wooden cross made from a tree stump, known by some locals as a symbol of hope, sits outside of Phoebe Putney Memorial hospital on Monday, April 20, 2020, in Albany, Ga. The patients were very sick. Some died within hours. Some died on the way, in the back of ambulances. The region is predominantly black, but even so, African Americans died disproportionally, said Phoebe Putney Memorial’s chief executive officer Scott Steiner. In the 10 counties in the cluster hit hard by coronavirus, the population is 55 percent black. But African Americans account for about 80 percent the deaths at the hospital. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)