The percentages of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the state who are Black and Latino remains near pandemic highs, a CBS17.com data analysis found. The overall daily hospitalization totals have plummeted over the past few months to their lowest levels in more than a year. But of those who are being admitted to hospitals, a higher share of them come from those two demographic groups.
“Latinx communities still are getting hit hard, maybe because of access and also some some concerns in the community about some of the vaccines, so we have to make better inroads there,” said David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, in the CBS-17 report.
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