The largest study of its kind so far has confirmed that minority ethnic groups in England were at a higher risk of testing positive for coronavirus, as well as hospitalisation, admission to intensive care, and death.
The study of 17 million adults confirmed the greater risk for minority ethnic groups compared to white groups, even after accounting for other risk factors such as deprivation, occupation, household size and underlying health conditions.
It found the disparities for hospitalisation and deaths lessened for most minority groups between the first and second waves of coronavirus, but it increased for those from a South Asian background.
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Minority ethnic groups in general and South Asians, in particular, had a higher risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 and of COVID-19 related hospitalisations, ICU admissions, deaths during the second wave in UK, according to a new study.