California Coronavirus Deaths By Race
The effects of covid 19 on the health of racial and ethnic minority groups is still emerging.
California coronavirus deaths by race. Roughly half of the people who have tested positive for the coronavirus in california are black hispanic or asian according to data released wednesday by state public health officials who have. 20 2 unknown race ethnicity census data does not include other race category proportions of cases and deaths by race and ethnicity among ages 65 79. As the coronavirus spread across the country. We know the race and ethnicity for 93 of these deaths.
Latinos made up 64 9 percent of the covid 19 deaths among patients age 18 to 49. Track every coronavirus case in california by county. Newsom discusses ethnicity data of covid 19 cases in california. Count and percent distribution of deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 covid 19 with distribution of the weighted and unweighted percent population by race and hispanic origin group 1 for the united states and jurisdictions with more than 100 deaths available for analysis.
The latest data reveals continued deep disparities by race most dramatically for black and indigenous americans. Of the coronavirus related deaths in the state in which information is available 29 were hispanic 16 asian and 3 black. The california counties that did release data lacked ethnic information for a sizable share of coronavirus cases including more than half in los angeles county an indication that. Studies are underway to understand and potentially reduce the impact of covid 19 on the health of racial and ethnic minorities.
However current data suggest a disproportionate burden of illness and death among racial and ethnic minority groups.