Vitamins & Minerals

Editorial note on importance of Vitamin- D

Abstract

Sanchika kd

Vitamins & Minerals Journal covers the information regarding Micro nutrients, Trace minerals, Probiotics, Multivitamins, Macro nutrients, Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Beta Carotene, Flavonoids, Biotin, Folic acid, Riboflavin, Mineral density, Essential Vitamins. The Journal has a wide range of fields in its discipline to create a platform for the authors to make their contribution towards the journal. WHO declared SARS-CoV-2 a global pandemic. The present aim was to propose an hypothesis that there is a potential association between mean levels of vitamin D in various countries with cases and mortality caused by COVID-19. The mean levels of vitamin D for 20 European countries and morbidity and mortality caused by COVID-19 were acquired. Negative correlations between mean levels of vitamin D (average 56 mmol/L, STDEV 10.61) in each country and the number of COVID-19 cases/1 M (mean 295.95, STDEV 298.7, and mortality/1 M (mean 5.96, STDEV 15.13) were observed. Vitamin D levels are severely low in the aging population especially in Spain, Italy and Switzerland. This is also the most vulnerable group of the population in relation to COVID-19. It should be advisable to perform dedicated studies about vitamin D levels in COVID-19 patients with different degrees of disease severity.