The Louisiana Department of Health released new information on race, ethnicity and underlying conditions of those who have died of COVID-19.
That includes two big pieces of information mentioned by Gov. John Bel Edwards at his press conference yesterday: 70.48 percent of those who have died of COVID-19 so far in Louisiana were black and 66.4 percent had hypertension.
Previously, the most prevelant underlying condition was given as diabetes — present in 40 percent of the dead.
Here's the full breakdown of race:
Black: 70.48 percent
White:28.61 percent
Asian: .9 percent
Ethnicity:
Non-Hispanic/Latino: 98 percent
Hispanic/Latino:2 percent
Underlying conditions:
Hypertension:66.4 percent
Diabetes:43.52 percent
Chronic kidney disease:25.1 percent
Obesity: 24.7 percent
Cardiac disease:22.67 percent
Pulmonary:13.97 percent
Congestive heart failure: 11.54 percent
Neurological:10.93 percent
Cancer: 9.92 percent
Asthma:4.66 percent
This information will be updated weekly, according to the state.
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