Sunshine Sentinel

There were 504 Hispanic people who died in Florida in the week ending April 30, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows an increase from the week before when 502 people of Hispanic origin died.

Many records within the CDC are incomplete, as only 60 percent of death records are submitted within 10 days of death.

The Brookings Institute believes deaths among minority populations, specifically Hispanic and Blacks, are chronically underreported.

The U.S. Census defines Hispanic people as those who self-identify as such, often with relatives from regions such as Central and Southern America.

State	Lives lost
California	795
Texas	792
Florida	504
Arizona	171
Illinois	136
New Mexico	104
New Jersey	95
Colorado	95
New York	76
Pennsylvania	66
Connecticut	62
North Carolina	50
Washington	48
Massachusetts	47
Nevada	41
Ohio	33
Maryland	28
Oklahoma	27
Utah	25
Michigan	23
Georgia	20
Virginia	18
Tennessee	18
Hawaii	16
Wisconsin	15
South Carolina	14
Kentucky	14
Indiana	13
Rhode Island	12
Iowa	11
Louisiana	10