As the coronavirus spreads deeper across America, it’s ravaging Latino communities from the suburbs of the nation’s capital to the farm fields of Florida to the sprawling suburbs of Phoenix and countless areas in between. "People simply cannot afford to stop working,” said Mauricio Calvo, executive director of the Latino Memphis advocacy group in Tennessee. In many areas, Latinos comprise a dramatically higher percentage of the positive COVID-19 tests compared with other racial and ethnic groups. Latinos initially were reluctant to get tested for the virus, prompting authorities to bring testing sites into their communities, including grocery stores. Chattanooga officials are exploring direct financial assistance to families and have a section of the county's COVID-19 task force assigned to the Latino disparity issue.

Source: ABC News June 19, 2020 18:00 UTC