LONDON: Data on COVID-19 death rates in England has revealed that Muslims are by far the worst-affected religious group, with death rates twice as high as among Christians, and nearly three times higher than atheists.
Data from the UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed that, up to the end of February this year, 4,191 Muslims had been killed by the virus.
Muslim men had a death rate of 966.9 per 100,000 people, while that of women was about 519.1 per 100,000.
Muslims were followed by Hindus 605.2 among men and 346.5 for women Sikhs 573.6 and 345.7 Jews 512.9 and 295.4 and Christians 401.9 and 249.6.
Atheists, as a group, were the least affected, experiencing 336.6 deaths per 100,000 among men, and 218.2 among women.
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