The COVID-19 mortality rate among Latino residents in the province of LA is still doubling the percentage for white residents, even though the winter congestion is fading.
The average COVID-19 mortality rate among Latinos in LA County reaches a peak in mid-January with a daily rate of 48 deaths per 100,000 Latino residents, according to the data three times worse than the percentage for white residents, which is 16 deaths per 100,000 residents were. released last week.
Black residents die of COVID-19 in mid-January at a rate of 23 deaths per 100,000 residents; among Asian Americans, the rate was 20 per 100,000.
“If we look at death rates by race and ethnicity … once again our Latinx community is suffering the worst of the pandemic,” Barbara Ferrer, director of public health in LA County, said in a newsletter announcing the provincial data .
At the end of January, the average daily mortality rate for all racial and ethnic groups dropped – but it dropped more slowly for Latino and Black residents.
For the period of 14 days ending January 30, the average daily mortality rate COVID-19 for Latinos in LA County was 33 per 100,000 inhabitants; it is a triple figure for white and Asian American residents, who die at 11 percent per 100,000 residents. Black residents die from COVID-19 at a rate of 14 per 100,000 residents.
“White and Asian residents saw a greater decline than residents of Black and Latinx experienced,” Ferrer said. “Although the cases may decrease, this does not mean that issues regarding racism, lack of resources and a higher risk of negative results have disappeared. These factors still manifest themselves as a contribution to the disproportion that we continue to notice in all our reports. ”
Latino residents of LA County are still dying by January doubling the white residents of COVID-19.
(Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)
The COVID-19 death rate among residents of LA County’s poorest areas in mid-January, the peak of the pandemic, was four times worse than for residents of the richest areas of the country, according to data released last week.
The average daily mortality rate COVID-19 at that time among those living in the poorest areas of LA County reached a peak of nearly 60 deaths per day per 100,000 inhabitants, while the percentage in the richest areas was about 17 deaths per day per 100,000 inhabitants.
By the end of January, the difference still existed: those living in the poorest areas of LA County die from COVID-19 at a daily rate of about 35 per 100,000 inhabitants. This doubles the rate of inhabitants of the richest areas, where the COVID-19’s mortality rate was about 12 per day per 100,000 inhabitants.
“Since the pandemic began, COVID-19 has been devastating to people living in low-resource areas, where more people are living in poverty,” Ferrer said.
People living in the poorest areas of LA County die from COVID-19 at a daily rate of about three times that of residents of the richest areas.
Areas with lower incomes are very susceptible to the spread of the coronavirus due to dense housing, stressful living conditions and a higher percentage of essential workers who are unable to work from home. Officials believe people get sick at work and then spread the virus to family members at home.
According to an analysis by researchers from UC San Francisco, residents of Latino and Black residents of California and people with a high school education suffered the highest increase in deaths.
According to California, provinces with a larger share of low-wage and pressure households were hit harder by the pandemic. study by the UC Merced Community and Labor Center. And Latino workers have the highest number of jobs in vital frontline positions, where the risk of exposure to the coronavirus is higher, according to the UC Berkeley Work Center.
For example, 55% of Latinos work in such positions and 48% of black residents, compared to 35% of white residents.