Illinois coronavirus: Study shows outsized effect of COVID-19 on Cook County Hispanics
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new study out Thursday shows the disproportionate impact of COVD-19 on Hispanics in Cook County in the early days of the pandemic. From mid-March to mid-May 2020, 60% of all hospitalized COVID-19 infected patients at Cook County Health were Hispanic. At one point in mid-April, that number climbed to 75%. Common threads among those patients included living in areas with high proportions of residents who were also Hispanic, living in multi-generational homes or overcrowded residences, and being employed in manufacturing and construction. "The rapid and disproportionate increa...
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