Pacific Islanders in US hospitalised with Covid-19 at up to 10 times the rate of other groups

Many islanders in America live in large families and tight-knit communities, and work in frontline service industries, increasing their risk of exposure

Pacific islanders living in the US are being hospitalised with Covid-19 at up to 10 times the rate of some other racial groups.

The US is the most infected country on earth, with more than 4 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 and nearly 150,000 deaths, and the 1.5 million Pacific islanders living there are massively overrepresented in infection and hospitalisation rates.

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