The COVID-19 numbers reported so far suggest that Hispanic American adults of any race are disproportionately represented in several coronavirus measures -- including being more likely to die from the disease.
, dizziness, headaches, and other severe symptoms of the disease for about 2½ weeks before some of them began to subside. Meanwhile, her husband and two children who had the disease weren’t hit as hard.Although she wants to get back to work, she says she’s going to sit tight for now.imagínate ahoritaSanchez says she encourages people with early symptoms to get medical care and advice sooner rather than later.
“It’s not fake, it’s real,” she says of the potentially deadly disease. “My older son and the other one thought it was fake until I got it.” Without studies, it’s hard for public health officials to pin down why the virus appears to spread rapidly in Hispanic communities. In some cases, the virus has spread among friends and families at gatherings. Some experts say the number of cases in Hispanic people may be high because they are more likely to live with family members of different generations. Others point to statistics that show Hispanic people are more likely than non-Hispanic whites to work in construction, housekeeping, grocery stores, and other essential services that put them at a higher risk of getting the virus.
For example, CDC data shows 13.6% of Hispanics 20 and older have been diagnosed with diabetes, compared with 8.5% of non-Hispanic white adults. In addition, Hispanic adults who have been diagnosed with diabetes are less likely than non-Hispanic white or Black adults to have it controlled properly. Statistics also show that about 80.4% of Hispanic adults are
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