A report released on Friday by the British government noted that Black and Asian people in Britain had higher death rates amid the COVID-19 pandemic than their white counterparts. The report found that from the week ending March 27, 2020, through Sept. 11, 2020, Black people had the highest excess death rate. However, Asian residents were found to have the highest excess death rate in the following period, from the week ending Sept. 18, 2020, through April 2, 2021. ADVERTISEMENTThe report noted that white people had the lowest excess death rate during both periods. Raghib Ali, an independent COVID-19 and ethnicity adviser for the British government, said that with the first two waves of COVID-19, ethnic minorities had a higher death rate given that they had a higher risk of infection, according to The Associated Press.

Source: The Guardian December 03, 2021 20:31 UTC