For 62 Weeks Straight, Vulnerable UK Communities were Harder Hit by COVID-19—and Data Shows Inequity is Increasing Again

LONDON, June 3, 2021—Surgo Ventures today released a dynamic new perspective on the shocking and persistent inequity in health and socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities across the UK. Surgo cited data from its new UK COVID Vulnerability Impact Tracker showing that as COVID-19 cases start to rise in the UK with the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), those in more vulnerable communities are 48% more likely to be diagnosed.