* Study could not definitely link the rising death rate to the new variant emerging
* Hospitals in Brazil overloaded in February and March, possibly adding to risk
* Deaths also approximately doubled in people in their 30s, 40s and 50s
* Brazil has had one of the worst Covid outbreaks in the world, after the US
Brazil's coronavirus death rate tripled among people in their 20s in February as the country's dangerous new variant took over, a study has found.
Researchers investigated the ratio of Covid cases to deaths in Brazil last month and found it surged in young people.
Even though the numbers of cases across the country were declining the number of people aged 20 to 29 dying of the disease rose three-fold, they noticed.
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