Sunshine Sentinel

There were 665 Hispanic people who died in Florida in the week ending Aug. 26, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows an increase from the week before when 607 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	1,150
Texas	1,002
Florida	665
Arizona	185
Illinois	139
New Mexico	127
Colorado	122
New Jersey	113
New York	99
Pennsylvania	66
Nevada	65
Washington	62
Massachusetts	54
North Carolina	54
Connecticut	45
Georgia	43
Virginia	42
Maryland	40
Michigan	36
Wisconsin	33
Oregon	32
Indiana	31
Ohio	28
Oklahoma	25
Tennessee	21
Utah	21
South Carolina	18
Idaho	16
Kansas	16
Hawaii	15
Louisiana	13
Minnesota	11
Arkansas	11