COVID-19 admission and death by ethnic category showing numbers, absolute rates per 1000 population, and excess risk and ORs (95% CI) versus the white group as comparator
| White | South Asian | Black | Other or unknown | |
| Total numbers | 142 781 (63%) | 44 229 (19%) | 17 858 (8%) | 23 764 (10%) |
| COVID-19 admission | 684 (74%) | 83 (9%) | 113 (12%) | 50 (5%) |
| COVID-19 admission/1000 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 2.1 |
| COVID-19 admission excess risk/1000 | Comparator | −2.9 | 1.5 | −2.7 |
| COVID-19 admission OR | Comparator | 0.39 (0.31 to 0.48), p<0.001 | 1.31 (1.07 to 1.59), p<0.001 | 0.43 (0.33 to 0.58), p<0.001 |
| COVID-19 death | 190 (70%) | 32 (12%) | 39 (14%) | 11 (4%) |
| COVID-19 death/1000 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
| COVID-19 death excess risk/1000 | Comparator | −0.6 | 0.9 | −0.9 |
| COVID-19 death OR | Comparator | 0.54 (0.37 to 0.79), p<0.01 | 1.64 (1.16 to 2.31), p<0.01 | 0.35 (0.19 to 0.64), p<0.01 |
| COVID-19 death/COVID-19 admission/1000 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| COVID-19 death in COVID-19 admission OR | Comparator | 1.55 (0.96 to 2.51), p=0.075, ns | 1.19 (0.78 to 1.83), p=0.423, ns | 0.63 (0.32 to 1.25), p=0.187, ns |
‘Chinese’, ‘mixed’ and ‘unknown’ categories showed no significant associations as individual categories in this analysis or when merged as ‘other or unknown’.