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William Munn,a political analyst at the North Carolina justice Center,said that`data <br /> by race and ethnicity have been very difficult to find at the state and county levels.' <br /> "Although the most populated counties such as Mecklenburg or Wake do have ethnic <br /> data, others do not,and it is very difficult to access them,"said Munn. <br /> "Consequently it is difficult to advocate and inform audiences about the impact on <br /> communities." <br /> Mecklenburg County,which is the epicenter of the pandemic in North Carolina,was <br /> one of the first to clarify what percentage of the Hispanic population is infected with <br /> the coronavirus.Of the more than 4,350 positive cases,as of June 3,more than 1,630 <br /> were people of Hispanic origin. <br /> Just over a week ago,Wake and Durham,two of the counties with the largest Latina <br /> population in North Carolina,released this information. <br /> the more than 1,900 cases in Wake,about 624 are Latino.But in Durham, <br /> Hispanic infection rate went from 34%to 71.34%of cases in the county,according to <br /> Durham's health departmenL <br />