France’s African, Asian communities worst hit by Covid-19


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France's African, Asian communities worst hit by Covid-19 Issued on: 08/07/2020 - 17:19 INSEE statistics on 7 July show that,Covid-related death rates were among the highest in the Seine-Saint-Denis district where the sub-Saharan African population was hardest hit. © AFP/Ludovic Marin Follow 3 min France’s male population of under 65-year-olds from sub-Saharan Africa was the worst affected by the coronavirus during March and April when the country was under lockdown. Advertising Read more The findings by INSEE , the French government’s statistics agency, are the closest France has come to acknowledging with numbers the virus's disproportionate impact on the country's...