Despite making up the 34% local population, 67.4% or 5,517 of Hispanic or Latino residents had gotten infected with the virus.
The Latino community in San Diego County is being disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus, according to newly released data. They account for about two-thirds of the amount of confirmed coronavirus cases in the county.
That rate is much higher than white residents, who registered about 20.9% or 299 of the total; they make up about 46% of San Diego's population. Other minority groups such as Asian, black or African American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander made up about 6.3%, 3.6% and 0.8%, respectively, the data showed.
"Blacks and Hispanics account for a significant portion of essential workers who continued to go to work, and they account for a significant portion of those who became unemployed due to the pandemic," the report stated.
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