Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - The Coronavirus Briefing Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailPeople with higher stress levels are more likely to die from Covid-19, suggests a new study. Covid-19 patients with extremely high levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their blood are more likely to deteriorate quickly and die, according to the research. Our cortisol levels when healthy and resting are 100-200 nm/L and nearly zero when we sleep. They found cortisol levels in COVID-19 patients were significantly higher than in those without. The levels in the COVID-19 group ranged as high as 3,241 - considerably higher even than after major surgery, when levels can top 1,000.

Source: Daily Mirror June 18, 2020 23:30 UTC