They found that people from an ethnic minority background were generally more likely than white people to require hospital treatment, and subsequently die from COVID-19. For some groups, the difference in death and hospitalisation rates were higher in the second wave than the first: for example, people of South Asian background were twice as likely to die or be hospitalised in the first wave, but were three times more likely to die or be hospitalised in the second wave.4Public Health Scotland. (2021, March 3).