PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups (20 April 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in each ethnic group have (a) been tested, (b) tested positive and (c) died following a positive test as a result of covid-19.

Asked by:
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat)

Data on the number of people who have been tested, tested positive, and died from COVID-19 are not currently available in the format requested.

The latest data on the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths can be viewed at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

Public Health England is gathering and analysing data to measure the impact of COVID-19 across different population groups. This includes work to analyse confirmed cases, hospitalisations and deaths relating to COVID-19 by ethnicity, where this data is available.

Answered by:
Ms Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
28 April 2020