Public housing residents died from the coronavirus at a rate nearly twice their share of the city’s population, according to new data released by public health officials.

“NYCHA deaths represented 7 percent of all deaths recorded in NYC, though this population only represents 4 percent of the total NYC population,” a spokesman for the city’s Health Department said in an email.

As of June 2,249 public housing residents died from the virus out of 33,347 deaths across the five boroughs.

And while NYCHA tenants accounted for a disproportionate share of total COVID-19 fatalities, they comprised 5 percent of the city’s coronavirus cases.

About 13 percent of 360,000 authorized public housing tenants had COVID-19, compared to 12 percent of residents citywide.

“Transparency is a cornerstone of the response. Helping all of us understand the scope of loss is a critical component of our recovery,” Health Department spokesman Patrick Gallahue said in a statement.

Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Bronx Democrat who grew up in public housing, said the public data is long overdue.

“The findings are alarming but far from shocking,” Torres told The Post.

“Overcrowded, poorly ventilated housing units are natural Petri dishes for the spread of the coronavirus,” the former city councilman said.

“In December 2020 during the final public housing hearing in which I participated I raised concerns about the connection between ventilation and the coronavirus outbreak in public housing,” Torres said.

“And NYCHA at the time was dismissive of those concerns,” he said.

Councilman Mark Levine, who chairs the body’s health committee, called the new data “the latest painful indication of the unequal impact of this pandemic, reflective of decades of lack fo access to health care and racism in the medical system.”

“This should motivate the City to redouble its efforts to surge vaccines, testing, and broader health support to NYCHA residents,” Levine said.

The housing complexes are home to many of the city’s poorer and more elderly residents — two groups considered especially vulnerable to the deadly disease.

A NYCHA spokeswoman downplayed the data. “Among New Yorkers who reside in public housing, COVID cases and deaths are similar to citywide rates, as they were in May 2020 when DOHMH last released this data,” said agency rep Barbara Brancaccio.

“Though the authorized public housing resident population of NYCHA is approximately 4 percent of the total NYC population, it does not account for unauthorized occupants. From day one, NYCHA has taken critical steps in accordance with DOHMH guidance to ensure our buildings and community residents are as safe as possible. We continue to follow that guidance as the pandemic ensues,” she said.