{"id":55310,"date":"2020-05-11T14:21:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/11\/african-american-and-hispanic-veterans-may-face-bigger-risk-from-coronavirus-va-warns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:45:40","slug":"african-american-and-hispanic-veterans-may-face-bigger-risk-from-coronavirus-va-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2020\/05\/11\/african-american-and-hispanic-veterans-may-face-bigger-risk-from-coronavirus-va-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"African American and Hispanic veterans may face bigger risk from coronavirus, VA warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Affairs officials are warning African American and Hispanic veterans that they may face a greater health risk from the coronavirus outbreak as the total number of positive cases in the department\u2019s health system topped 11,000 over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the number of positive coronavirus tests has risen steadily over the last two months \u2014 reaching 11,036 on Monday morning \u2014 but the number of active cases within the VA system has decreased each day over the last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, VA medical staff is monitoring 2,642 active coronavirus cases among patients, a decrease of about 11 percent from one week ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That total includes veterans who use VA health care, VA employees being treated within the system, troops and military family members referred from Defense Department doctors, and civilian patients transferred to VA from overwhelmed local systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2020\/05\/08\/veteran-unemployment-up-to-nearly-12-percent-amid-coronavirus-crisis\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20128747638099.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Veteran unemployment up to nearly 12 percent amid coronavirus crisis<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">More than 1 million veterans reported being jobless in April as the national unemployment rate 14.7 percent.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent days, VA officials have sent out warnings through mail and telephone calls that preliminary testing data has shown African American and Hispanic Veterans are testing positive for the fast-spreading virus at higher rates than other veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department declined to provide specific data showing the trend. In a statement, VA press secretary Christina Noel said that \u201cwhile VA\u2019s testing data is not yet statistically significant, we are using it to target outreach to veterans\u201d in an effort to help limit the virus\u2019 impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also noted that the preliminary data also shows that \u201csurvivability of COVID-19 in VA care, from the time of testing, does not differ by race.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style><div class='embed-container'><iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ObMo6Gwe91k' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The VA findings echo national trends showing substantially higher risks from the virus for both African Americans and Hispanic Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement last week, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials noted that \u201cNew York City\u201d identified death rates among Black\/African American persons (92.3 deaths per 100,000 population) and Hispanic\/Latino persons (74.3) that were substantially higher than that of white (45.2) or Asian (34.5) persons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nationally, more than 78,000 individuals have died from the coronavirus across the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within the VA system, the death total reached 869 on Monday morning. That number has doubled in the last two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 30 percent of those fatalities have occurred at four New York City area VA medical centers. Across the country, 101 facilities have seen at least one death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fatality rate among VA patients who have contracted coronavirus is about 8 percent, well above the national rate of about 5.8 percent for all positive virus reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/04\/30\/team-rubicon-volunteers-face-new-challenges-in-coronavirus-response-mission\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Image-2.jpeg-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Team Rubicon volunteers face new challenges in coronavirus response mission<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Teams of volunteers from the veteran-lead disaster response group are helping staff the overwhelmed Kayenta Health Center in the heart of Navajo Nation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But VA officials in a statement said the mortality data for their patients \u201ccannot be used to compare VA infection or mortality rates with the community because of differences in population risk, test availability, and follow-up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the patient deaths, 26 VA employees have also died from complications related to the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly 1,300 VA staffers have tested positive for coronavirus in recent weeks. 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