In Arizona, Mississippi and in Florida, black, Hispanic and Native Americans are still

being disproportionately infected, hospitalized, and killed by the virus.

In other parts of the country, like California, 70 percent of all coronavirus-related deaths

within the 18-49 demographic are Latinos, despite making up just 43 percent of the population.

As the United States reaches 4 million coronavirus cases, more data is now becoming available

about how the coronavirus affects different groups of people.

The more data we see, the clearer it becomes that racial and ethnic minorities are the

ones hurting the most.

We've talked before about COVID-19's impact on black Americans.

Well, today, I want to focus on this country's Hispanic and Latino population.

It is the largest minority group in the United States and is heavily concentrated in states

like Texas, Florida, and California, which happens to be where the pandemic has been raging

in recent weeks.

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, and this is coronavirus,

fact, versus fiction.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that Hispanic and Latino people

are four times more likely to be hospitalized from COVID-19 than white people.

And consider this.

Death rates among Latinos are much higher than for white people in almost all-age categories.

There are a lot of reasons why the Latino population is so hard hit by this pandemic.

Latinos have always historically had uneven access to critical health and other types of support.

That's Dr. Efraeen Talamantes.

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