Indeed, age is the biggest risk factor for developing severe Covid or dying from it. Ethnicity, sex and obesity were also found to be risk factors for severe Covid outcomes. Excess weight had very little effect on the risk of severe Covid in people aged over 80 years. Younger people generally experienced much less severe Covid and were less likely to die compared with older people. Still, a younger person with a BMI of 30 would have a much higher risk of severe Covid than their healthy weight peers.

Source: News 24 April 30, 2021 11:03 UTC