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SHARE More than 20.5 million years of life have been lost around the world since the Covid-19 outbreak began, a study has shown. The report, based on data from 81 countries, lays bare the devastating loss caused by the pandemic and estimated that an average of 16 years of life have been lost from each death from Covid-19. While highlighting the scale of the pandemic , the study may underestimate years of life lost (YLL) – calculated by comparing a person’s age at death with their expected lifespan – because it uses figures from early January and excludes dozens of nations. Published...

Researchers estimate the disease shaved 16 years off the lives of every coronavirus victim, on average. Experts said it was a stark reminder Covid doesn't only kill the elderly, even though it poses a much smaller risk to younger people.  Spanish academics investigated Covid death tolls in 81 countries around the world, including Britain and the US. They compared the difference between a person's age when they died with Covid to the average life expectancy in heavily affected countries.  The calculation, known as years of life loss (YLL), could be two to nine times higher for Covid than ave...