{"id":64616,"date":"2020-12-09T05:30:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T05:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=64616"},"modified":"2020-12-09T05:30:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T05:30:32","slug":"latinos-in-los-angeles-twice-as-likely-to-contract-covid-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=64616","title":{"rendered":"Latinos in Los Angeles twice as likely to contract Covid: data"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

\"\"LOS ANGELES, Dec 9, 2020 (BSS\/AFP) \u2013 Latinos living in Los Angeles are <\/span>twice as likely to contract Covid-19 as the county\u2019s white population, with \u201cessential\u201d in-person jobs and densely populated residences leaving the group highly exposed to the virus, the latest official data shows.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n

\n

By mid-November, the daily infection rate per 100,000 Latinos was 274 new
\ncases, compared to 125 among white people, according to county health data
\nadjusted for age to make comparisons more meaningful.<\/p>\n

The significant gap underlines the scale of the latest outbreak in the
\nUnited States\u2019 most populous county, where more than 48 percent of Los
\nAngeles\u2019 10 million residents are Latino, and just 26 percent are non-Latino
\nwhites, according to census figures.<\/p>\n

California is facing record new cases in a brutal third coronavirus wave
\nthat is slamming intensive care unit capacities and triggering sweeping new
\n\u201cstay-at-home\u201d orders. Los Angeles county alone recorded more than 10,000 new
\ncases on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The county passed 8,000 overall deaths from the coronavirus on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very clear and quite alarming that certain groups are once again
\nbearing a greater burden than others,\u201d county public health director Barbara
\nFerrer said recently.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gaps between race and ethnicity groups, where we made a lot of
\nprogress in closing in September, have now once again dramatically widened,
\nparticularly for our Latino residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Latinos tend to be more exposed to Covid-19 overall, as many work in
\n\u201cessential\u201d jobs that have continued under lockdown but cannot be carried out
\nby teleworking, such as in grocery stores, factories and agriculture, experts
\nsay.<\/p>\n

Working-class neighborhoods with high population densities that aid the
\nspread of the virus are disproportionately home to Latino residents across
\nthe county.<\/p>\n

Mortality rates for Latinos were also starkly higher, at 3 deaths per
\n100,000, compared to 1.7 for Black residents, 1.2 for Asians and just 0.91
\namong white residents at the end of last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES, Dec 9, 2020 (BSS\/AFP) \u2013 Latinos living in Los Angeles are twice as likely to contract Covid-19 as the county\u2019s white population, with \u201cessential\u201d in-person jobs and densely populated residences leaving the group highly exposed to the virus, the latest official data shows. By mid-November, the daily infection rate per 100,000 Latinos was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":64617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n