Covid-19 ‘linked to increase in new diagnoses of type 1 diabetes in children’

‘Covid-19 linked to increase in new diagnoses of type 1 diabetes in children’ (Brian Lawless/PA)

Children who had Covid-19 may be at higher risk of developing type 1 diabetes than those who did not, a new study suggests.

The research, which looked at health records of more than one million children aged 18 and younger, found a 72% increase in new diagnoses of the condition in coronavirus patients.