COVID-19, new data from the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) shows.Despite making up 17 per cent of the region’s overall population as of the last census, the data shows people who identify as a visible minority account for more than 30 per cent of all cases reported between Jan.
24 and Oct. 31.The figures are outlined in a new report going before members of the region’s board of health on Thursday which details the race and socio-economic data collected by MLHU from confirmed cases over the last several months.Local health officials began collecting such data voluntarily from lab confirmed cases in April, months before the province made collection of the data mandatory in late June.