South Asians, Muslims at higher risk of COVID-19 in U.K.
Published 19 Jun,2020 via Bloomberg News Service (Asia Edition) - South Asian Covid-19 patients are more likely to die once hospitalized than other ethnic groups, while Muslims and Jews are more at risk from the virus than Christians, large-scale studies found.
Data from 34,986 Covid-19 patients in England and Wales treated at 260 hospitals showed no difference between ethnicities in the early stages of the disease. While Blacks faced the highest mortality rates, minorities of all backgrounds were more likely than Whites to require critical care and ventilator treatment once in the hospital, according to the study by the Office for National Statistics.
After hospitalization, South Asian patients were 20% more likely to die than other ethnic groups -- a finding only partly explained by higher rates of preexisting diabetes.
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Adam Blenford