Self-reported symptoms of Long Covid reach 1.5 million

At the end of January

John Brazier
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The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show a further 200,000 people have self-reported symptoms of Long Covid.

Data published on 3 March shows that around 1.5 million people in private households throughout the UK self-reported symptoms of Long Covid persisting over four weeks to 31 January, a month-on-month increase of 200,000 people. Cases of self-reported Long Covid symptoms had previously grown month-on-month until October, although there were fluctuations based on how long symptoms have persisted, before slowing and levelling out from November onwards. Levels of self-reported Long Covid symptoms at the end of January this year show that 2.4% of the total UK population were reporting sympt...

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