Idris Elba feels âincredibly luckyâ to have fully recovered from COVID-19. The 48-year-old actor tested positive for coronavirus back in March last year, but didnât suffer any serious symptoms and made a full recovery without any âresidual side effectsâ. And the âConcrete Cowboysâ star has now said he knows how lucky he is to have had an easy time with the virus, which has claimed the lives of almost three million people worldwide. He told USA Today: âI donât suffer any residual effects and during my time with COVID, I was asymptomatic. But I guess I feel incredibly lucky to have not gone down the worst route and thus itâs given me a slightly different perspective on life, a little bit more of a new lease on life. There are things that Iâve always wanted to do and havenât done that Iâm doing and want to do and pursuing. Personal things, small goals, things that I just put aside, things that I just said, âOh, Iâll do that one day,â but now Iâm doing.â