Hispanics in the state have been the most affected by the coronavirus. Photo: Antoni Belchi / Impremedia
On various occasions the health authorities of the state of California have stated that Latinos have been disproportionately more affected by COVID – 19 with respect to other ethnic groups and the current data assure that it is indeed like this.
The state, which added a million cases in just one month , accumulates until the morning of this Thursday 2,518,611 infections since March 2020, of which more than 1.3 million of cases would be of people with Hispanic ethnic origin .
The Latino population in California represents about the 38. 9% of the total population, so the numbers have credibility. In addition, Latinos in supermarkets, restaurants and other basic services are more than 4 million, according to employment data.
On the last 24 hours were confirmed 28, 385 cases in the golden state, which remains under restrictive measures in much of the territory. In total they have died 28, 045 residents.
California COVID – 19, By The Numbers:
🔹 Confirmed cases to date: 2, 385, 611
🔹 Note : Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed
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For other part, hospitalizations for the disease continue to rise and there are in total 22, 611 interned persons in the state health system, which only has 1, 210 intensive therapy beds in the 58 counties that comprise the entity.
Several hospitals in Southern California, especially Los Angeles and San Diego, have run out of morgue space and no installed capacity of therapy beds i Intensive, forced an emergency plan that has reached approximately 3, 000 intensive therapy beds according to the LA Department of Health.
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