24 Jul 2020

Fears death toll from Covid-19 among Pacific in US could rise

From , 6:01 am on 24 July 2020

There are fears that the death toll from Covid-19 among Pacific Islanders in the United States could go much higher if people don't listen to the advice they are being given.

As of this week, across the continental United States the death toll reached 146 and 7,700 have been infected within a community of 1.4 million people.

Don Wiseman has more.

People in cars (TOP L) are lined up to be tested for COVID-19 as they make their way to a parking lot at Dodger Stadium amid the coronavirus pandemic on June 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

Photo: AFP