UK coronavirus live: black people four times more likely to die from coronavirus than whites - ONS

ONS says risk of death significantly higher among some ethnic groups than others; Johnson to chair cabinet meeting on lockdown measuresFull report: black people more likely to die from Covid-19, ONS findsPPE: all 400,000 gowns flown in from Turkey for NHS fail UK standardsCoronavirus latest: at a glanceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage11.01amBSTThis is from Nick Stripe, head of health analysis at theOffice for National Statistics, explaining to the BBC what its report on coronavirus deaths and ethnicity (see9.41amand10.33am) shows.Your probability of dying with Covid is made up of two things, firstly your probability of actually being infected in the first place and then secondly, your probability of dying once you have been infected.Now those two things are influenced by your personal circumstances to a large degree, so the first thing we did is, we looked at adjusting for age, what the difference was of dying to these ethnic groups and that brought out some quite stark differences.10.55amBSTTheONS has also publisheda reportthis morning on coronavirus and the economy. As PA Media reports, it says almost a quarter of UK firms have halted trading due to the coronavirus lockdown. The PA report goes on:The ONS said 23% of businesses have temporarily closed or paused trading, according to its latest survey on the business impact of coronavirus, for the two weeks to April 19.It said the accommodation and food service sector was the worst hit, with 81% ...
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