Somali immigrants in Stockholm, Sweden, had a disproportionately high rate of COVID-19 related deaths, likely due to extreme vitamin D deficiency influenced by heredity and geography.

“another paper published in BMJ in March of 2020 reported Somali immigrants living in Stockholm Sweden make up 40% of the Cova 19 related deaths reported at that time in Sweden Sweden is a country that is at a northern latitude which increases the risk of vitamin D deficiency this rate of hospitalization is really high considering that Somalis only make up 0.84% of the stockholm county population several studies have previously established that Somalis living within Sweden have extreme vitamin D deficiency due to overlapping factors of hereditary and geography”