Although covid-19 fatalities are down in 2022 compared to the last two years, it continues to pose a serious threat of death. Click the story to find out how the demographics of covid-19 victims in California have shifted this year.
, deputy director of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, said efforts to make sure that testing, treatment, and vaccinations were available to underserved communities of color also had an impact. And because Latino communities were hit so hard during the pandemic, she said, many California Latinos are still wearing masks. “They are still making sure that they're staying home if they're sick,” she said.
More than 86% of Californians age 65 and older have completed their primary COVID shot series. But the protection afforded by vaccines wanes over time, and since many seniors got their shots early, enough time passed between their second shot and the omicron wave of early 2022 to leave them vulnerable. About one-third of Californians 65 and older had not received a booster by early 2022, when the omicron wave peaked, and about one-quarter still haven’t received a booster.
At the same time, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro residents made up 42% of COVID deaths in 2022, down slightly from 43% in 2020-21. The area is home to about 33% of the state’s residents. A similar dip happened in the nearby Riverside-San Bernardino metro area.
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