The world has lost 20.5 million years of life because of premature Covid-19 deaths - new study Feb 19, 2021, 08:45 AM
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More than 20.5 million years of life may have been lost globally due to Covid-19, a new study found.
To calculate years of life lost, researchers compared the ages of people who died of Covid-19 to their average life expectancy.
People older than 75 represent one-quarter of the years of life lost to the pandemic, the study found. Men have lost more years than women.
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