Black and Asian patients have increased risk of severe COVID-19 at different stages of the disease

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Patients of Black ethnicity have an increased risk of requiring hospital admission for COVID-19, while patients of Asian ethnicity have an increased risk of dying in hospital from COVID-19, compared to White patients, a study has found. Data analysis published today in EClinicalMedicine , led by researchers at King's College London, with support from the NIHR Guy's and St Thomas' Biomedical Research Centre and the British Heart Foundation (BHF), examines the relationship between ethnic background and the virus SARS-CoV-2. The study confirms that minority ethnic patients bear a higher burden of the disease than White patients and also finds that...