Self-reported Long Covid symptoms steady at 2 million

In early June

John Brazier
clock • 2 min read

The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show levels of self-reported Long Covid symptoms have remained at 2 million people over the past four weeks.

Data published on 7 July shows that 2 million people in private households throughout the UK self-reported symptoms of Long Covid persisting over four weeks as of 4 June, representing 3% of the total UK population. The latest data represents a drop-off in monthly increases of self-reported symptoms, following an increase of 200,000 cases between early April and the start of May. Covering the four-week period ending 4 June, the statistics show that of the total number of people recording Long Covid symptoms, 74% (1.4 million) first had (or suspected they had) Covid-19 at least 12 weeks...

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