California, USA / 04.01.2021 16:20:37
At the end of 2020, the number of Mexicans who died from covid-19 in the United States it was of 3,322, according to data reported by the consulates. The states where the most nationals died were California and New York, with more than 800 deaths in each.
The document issued by the Secretary of Foreign Relations notes that Consular staff stay in contact with affected families to provide support on the resources at their disposal, regardless of the immigration status that the deceased had.
As of December 28, 2020, the five states with the highest number of Mexicans who died from covid-19, son:
- California, with 877 deaths. State total: 24 thousand 241+
- NY, with 807. State total: 37 thousand 349+
- Arizona, with 273. State total: 8,427
- Illinois, with 218. State total:17,336
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Texas, with 206. State total: 27 mil187
It is worth mentioning that there is a margin of error in the data, since they represent only the cases in which the death of a national was reported to one of the Mexican consulates in the United States.
Mexicans killed by covid abroad
The report notes that in eleven other countries, 20 nationals have died from the pandemic.
- Argentina: 1
- Brazil: 1
- Canada: 6
- Colombia: 1
- Spain: 3
- France: 1
- Greece: 1
- Guatemala: 1
- Panama: 1
- Peru: 3
- Turkey: 1
In the United States, people of Latino origin are one of the sectors most affected by covid-19. In large part because they mostly exercise essential jobs without health insurance or because poverty forces them to live crowded in small houses.
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