Black men and women four times more likely to die from Coronavirus than whites, new statistics show

A new statistical study has revealed that black men and women are more likely to die from the Novel Coronavirus than White men, casting aside assertions that the disease kills more of Whites than the black community.

According to the new figures revealed by the Office for National Statistics research in collaboration with the University College London (UCL) , black women are 4.3 times more likely to die from Coronavirus and black men are 4.2 times more likely to die than white people when age is taken into account. But the study used data on deaths between March 2 and April 10, registered by 17 April, to model the impact Covid-19 is having on different ethnic groups. So it might not be hundred percent correct.


The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said people from Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian, Chinese and mixed ethnicities are also at significantly greater risk of dying from Covid-19 than white people due to socio-economic disadvantages and other circumstances.

The report stated: "These results show that the difference between ethnic groups in COVID-19 mortality is partly a result of socio-economic disadvantage and other circumstances, but a remaining part of the difference has not yet been explained."


According to the report, in the UK, many of the 150-plus National Health Service and care workers who have died during the crisis came from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background.


The ONS study found that black females are 4.3 times more likely to die from coronavirus than white females when taking age into account. while Black males are 4.2 more times likely to do than white men.

When adjusted for age, the figures show that men and women from all ethnic minority groups - except females with Chinese ethnicity - are at greater risk of dying from Covid-19 compared with their white counterparts.

People of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin are about 3.5 times more likely to die, men and women of in Indian ethnicity are about 2.5 times more likely, and people who identify as mixed are just under twice as likely so suffer a death involving Covid-19.