Hospital Cares For Predominantly Latino Community Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 17: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Clinicians work while performing a tracheostomy on a patient in a COVID-19 ICU (Intensive Care Unit) at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills neighborhood on February 17, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. The hospital is located in the northeast San Fernando Valley, which was a primary coronavirus hotspot in hard hit Los Angeles County. The patient population is predominantly Latinx. In the US overall, Latinos are 3.2 times more likely to have been hospitalized as whites due to COVID, according to the latest CDC data. Increased chances of exposure to the virus, social determinants of health, economic and systemic inequities all contribute to heightened coronavirus risk. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)