Minorities in UK no longer at much higher risk of dying from Covid

Dr Sele Mousa, a GP in Ebbw Vale and promoter of the vaccine in black and minority ethnic communities, receiving his second dose of Covid-19 vaccine in Newbridge, Wales, February 2021. Photograph: Huw Fairclough/Getty Images

People from minority ethnic backgrounds no longer have a significantly higher risk of death from Covid-19 than white Britons, for the first time in the pandemic.

Figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show rates of deaths involving Covid-19 are now substantially lower for all ethnic groups compared with earlier in the pandemic.