Low levels of vitamin D in the body increase a person’s risk of dying of COVID-19 after contracting the virus, according to the preliminary study, according to the Daily Mail.

The researchers compared average vitamin D levels in 20 European countries with the COVID-19 infection rate and mortality. The result revealed a compelling correlation, so countries with low vitamin D levels were also the countries with the highest rates of mortality and COVID-19 infection.

The study has not been reviewed and reviewed by other scientists and cannot be considered firm evidence of the link between mortality and vitamin D.

However, scientists from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation Trust and the University of East Anglia write in their study: “We believe we can advise vitamin D supplementation to protect against SARS-CoV2 infection.”

This finding supports a separate study that also shows that vitamin D may improve a person’s chances of recovery after contracting coronavirus, says dcnwes.ro