A new study has found that Black and Hispanic children are impacted more severely by a deadly coronavirus, with higher case rates, hospitalizations and virus-related complications.
According to the research, which was released this week, similar trends were seen across the nation of adults in minority communities being hit harder by the coronavirus.
A report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday found that Black and Hispanic children are more likely to be hospitalized due to coronavirus than White children, reported CNN.
Record from 14 states were examined by the CDC which found that 576 Covid-19 cases among children who needed hospitalization from March through July 25.
“The report found Hispanic children were hospitalized for coronavirus at the highest rate, 16.4 per 100,000 people, followed by Black children at 10.5 per 100,000. In contrast, White children were hospitalized at a rate of 2.1 per 100,000,” the report said.
Meanwhile, more than four months into a sustained outbreak, the U.S. reached the 5 million mark, according to the running count kept by Johns Hopkins University.
Health officials believe the actual number is perhaps 10 times higher, or closer to 50 million, given testing limitations and the fact that as many as 40 per cent of all those who are infected have no symptoms.
Meanwhile, the virus is still raging in some Balkan countries, and thousands of maskless protesters demanded an end to virus restrictions in Berlin earlier this month. Hard-hit Spain, France and Germany have seen infection rebounds with new cases topping 1,000 a day, and Italy’s cases inched up over 500.
Britain is still seeing an estimated 3,700 new infections daily, and some scientists say the country’s beloved pubs might have to close again if schools are to reopen in September without causing a new wave.