Long Covid symptoms lasting over one year reported by 376,000 in UK

ONS data shows

John Brazier
clock • 2 min read

Over 1 million people in total have self-reported symptoms of Long Covid in most recent statistics

The latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) published on 4 June shows that over one million people in private households throughout the UK are self-reporting symptoms of Long Covid. Covering the four-week period ending 2 May, the statistics show that of the total number of people recording Long Covid symptoms, 85% (869,000) first had (or suspected they had) Covid-19 at least 12 weeks previously, while 37% (376,000) first had the virus, or suspected they had the virus, at least 12 months previously. The latest ONS figures show a significant rise in the number of people...

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