According to a latest study, deaths due to Covid-19 were more prevalent in younger persons in 2021 as compared to the number of old people dying in 2020.

Two investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital in the US reveal that the increase in "years of life lost" was due to a shift toward younger people dying of Covid-19 during the first two years of the pandemic.

In the pandemic's early phases, most deaths were among older adults, but in 2021, deaths in younger persons increased while deaths in older persons decreased, a new study has found. The increase in "years of life lost" was due to a shift toward younger people dying of Covid-19 during the first two years of the pandemic, according to the study by two investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital in the US.