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Black U.K. Residents Far More Likely to Die of COVID-19 Than Whites

HeadlineMay 08, 2020

The British government reports Black residents of England and Wales are more than four times as likely to die of COVID-19 than white residents, while people of South Asian descent are up to 80% more likely to die of the disease. The findings mirror racial disparities of COVID-19 deaths in the United States. The United Kingdom now has the largest number of confirmed coronavirus deaths in Europe at over 30,000.

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