Study reveals coronavirus takes toll on minority youth. (Photo: teleSUR).
Atlanta, September 16 (RHC)-- Ethnic minorities accounted for more than three quarters of COVID-19 deaths in young people under the age of 21 in the United States between February and July, according to the CDC.
Out of 121 deaths among under-21s, 45 percent were Hispanics, 29 percent were Blacks and 4 percent were American Indians or Alaskan Natives, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Together, these groups represent 41 percent of the country's under-21 population.