Above are the numbers released by state authorities on coronavirus broken down by race/ethnicity. As of April 12, the numbers of cases and deaths in California were 22,500 and 635, respectively. One striking aspect of the chart above is the under-representation of Latinx person, particularly with regard to deaths. As a result, the other major groups - African Americans, whites, and Asians - are over-represented. Is this a statistical aberration, say, something to do with reporting methodology, or something else? Something to do with the age distributions of the various groups? According to the source, the percentages represent 62% of cases and 86% of deaths.
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