Cases among white people - who make up 80 per cent of the population - have risen by more than two-and-a-half times in the last fortnight. White people are fuelling England's latest surge in coronavirus infections, official data has shown. The study also found black people were three times more likely to be admitted to hospital than white people if they catch the virus. The study was carried out on 1,827 adults that came to King's hospital with coronavirus between March and the start of June. Of these 48 per cent were White, 34 per cent were Black, and 5.6 per cent were Asian.

Source: Daily Mail October 09, 2020 17:46 UTC