Deaths in people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities from both COVID-19 and non-COVID causes in the first weeks of the pandemic in London: a hospital case note review

Case review found deaths in patients from BAME communities in pandemic period increased both in the COVID-19 group (n=243; OR=2.43, 95% CI=1.60–3.68, p<0.001) and the non-COVID group (n= 136; OR=1.76, 95% CI=1.09–2.83, p=0.02) vs all deaths same 6 weeks in 2019 (n=194).

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