Sunshine Sentinel

There were 545 Hispanic people who died in Florida in the week ending April 8, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows a decrease from the week before when 651 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	1,019
Texas	817
Florida	545
Arizona	205
New Mexico	148
Colorado	144
Illinois	133
New Jersey	118
New York	76
Pennsylvania	69
Nevada	59
Washington	56
Massachusetts	55
North Carolina	41
Georgia	40
Connecticut	39
Michigan	35
Virginia	35
Ohio	34
Oregon	33
Maryland	30
Utah	29
Kansas	26
Wisconsin	21
Indiana	17
Rhode Island	16
Oklahoma	16
Tennessee	15
Missouri	14
South Carolina	14
Hawaii	13
Minnesota	12
Idaho	10
Alabama	10