Patient in 20s included in Leicester s hospitals weekly Covid death update
Coronavirus-related fatalities have been confirmed by both local health trusts
16:33, 17 MAR 2021
Twenty fatalities have been confirmed in the weekly update
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SLOW walkers are almost four times more likely to die from COVID-19, and have over twice the risk of contracting a severe version of the virus, according to a team of researchers from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre led by Professor Tom Yates at the University of Leicester. The study of 412,596 middle-aged UK Biobank participants examined the relative association of body mass index (BMI) and self-reported walking pace with the risk of contracting severe COVID-19 and COVID-19 mortality.
The analysis found slow walkers of a normal weight to be almost 2.5 times more likely to develop severe COVID-19 and 3.75 times more likely to die from the virus than normal weight fast walkers. (1)
Home brewed beer and death deposits - a stay at Leicester Royal Infirmary 250 years ago
An on-site brewery, patients looking after themselves and deposits that were returned on discharge
16:10, 15 MAR 2021
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