Racial distribution of people infected with the new coronavirus

Since the COVID-19 outbreak broke out in the UK, the British Statistics Office ONS has conducted data analysis on infected groups and published statistical results at regular intervals.

On February 15, the ONS released racial data on the new coronavirus infection rate in England from September 2020 to December 2021.

Especially for the early racial infection situation in the UK since the spread of Delta and Omicron viruses. The results of the study found that in the second and third waves of the epidemic, the infection rate among Chinese was the lowest among all ethnic groups.

The second wave of the epidemic is defined as September 1, 2020 - May 22, 2021, and the third wave is from May 22 to December 10, 2021, mainly during the spread of omicron .

In the ONS data, the weekly infection rate data for each ethnic group is detailed. Among them, the peak infection rate among Chinese people occurred in the week from December 29, 2020 to January 4, 2021. More than 1,500 people were infected in a single week;

After the Omicron epidemic began, in the week from November 30 to December 6, 2021, the infection rate among the Chinese also reached the peak of the third wave of the epidemic.

After June 2021, the number of Chinese people in England infected every week is about 400-1,100; the lowest value occurred at the end of April 2020, with more than 20 people infected in a single week.

So which race has a higher infection rate? ONS research found that in the latest third wave of the epidemic, white-collar workers have become the group with the greatest risk of infection, an increase of 50% compared with the first wave of the epidemic caused by the original strain.

In general, the infection rate among South Asians was twice as high as that of white people during the first wave of the epidemic, and the infection rate was also highest during the second wave. However, when the third wave of the epidemic began, the infection rate among white people increased. to the highest.

The infection rate among Chinese in the UK is the lowest among all races, which may also be related to the Chinese community’s stricter self-protection measures and stronger awareness of epidemic prevention.