Sunshine Sentinel

There were 490 Hispanic people who died in Florida in the week ending August 27, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows a decrease from the week before when 600 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	1,333
Texas	726
Florida	490
Virginia	293
Arizona	175
Illinois	138
New Jersey	128
New Mexico	107
Colorado	102
Connecticut	90
Pennsylvania	84
New York	77
Michigan	49
Nevada	41
Utah	40
Massachusetts	40
North Carolina	37
Georgia	32
Maryland	30
Indiana	27
Ohio	19
South Carolina	19
Oklahoma	18
Tennessee	17
Rhode Island	15
Minnesota	14
Missouri	14
Wisconsin	12
Washington	12
Kansas	10
Idaho	10