Latinas make up almost one-half of all COVID-19 cases among pregnant women

We can add another statistic to the mounting evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is impacting non-white communities substantially more than white ones. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that almost one-half of all COVID-19 cases among pregnant women in this nation are in Hispanic or Latina women—despite Latina women making up only about one-quarter of all pregnancies.

The Washington Post reports that in many communities, it's worse than that. The Post notes that a group of nonprofit Washington-area health clinics serving majority-Latino customers found...