A New Scientist analysis of England death figures has found that, since the pandemic began, covid-19 has been involved in a large proportion of deaths in ethnic minority groups – a disparity that has continued through the nation’s third wave
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Since the pandemic began, the coronavirus has been involved in more than 30 per cent of all deaths in people aged over 30 in England whose ethnic group was recorded as Bangladeshi, Black African or Pakistani, according to aThis is more than double the proportion of covid-19 deaths during this period among people whose ethnic group was recorded as white British; covid-19 was involved in 14 per cent of deaths in this group.
“There are a number of reasons why ethnic minorities are more likely to contract and die from covid-19,” says at Imperial College London. Ethnic minorities are more likely to have lower incomes, work in public-facing roles and live in multigenerational households or high population density areas, he says.Deaths were classed by the ONS as involving covid-19 if the illness was mentioned on a death certificate. This could be due to a person testing positive for the coronavirus prior to death or because a doctor made a covid-19 diagnosis based on a person’s symptoms close to death.
Covid-19 was involved in a higher proportion of deaths in all ethnic minority groups than in white British people during this period. People of Bangladeshi descent were hit hardest, with covid-19 being involved in 39 per cent of deaths. It was involved in 35 per cent of deaths in people of Pakistani descent, 31 per cent of deaths in people of Black African descent and 20 per cent of deaths in people of Chinese descent during this time period.
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