Cases of Long Covid symptoms continue to rise

Data published on 6 May shows that around 1.8 million people in private households throughout the UK self-reported symptoms of Long Covid persisting over four weeks as of 3 April. The latest data represents a month-on-month increase of 100,000 people between the start of March and early April, with around 2.8% of the UK population having now self-reported symptoms of Long Covid. Covering the four-week period ending 3 April, the statistics show that of the total number of people recording Long Covid symptoms, 73% (1.3 million) first had (or suspected they had) Covid-19 at least 12 week...