Covid-19 death rate in England higher among BAME people
People of Bangladeshi origin face greatest danger of dying in pandemic, according to PHE
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Death rates from Covid-19 in England have been higher among people of black and Asian origin than any other ethnic group, a government-ordered inquiry has found.
In addition, those people of black backgrounds are the ethnic group most likely to be diagnosed with the disease, which has claimed almost 50,000 lives in the UK since February.
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