U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Minority hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. are still much more likely to be hospitalized than whites

According to the latest data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on February 2, local time, The risk of African-Americans, Hispanics and Indians in the United States to die of new crown pneumonia is twice that of whites.

The data also show that African-Americans and Hispanics are 2.5 times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than whites, while Indians are more likely to be hospitalized, about 3.2 times more likely than whites.

In the United States, "race is a risk marker for other potential diseases that can affect health, and it involves socioeconomic status, access to health care, and occupation-related exposure to the virus," the CDC said.