Long Covid Affects More Than 1m People A Year After First Infection
The Guardian|October 07, 2022
More than 1 million people in Britain have long Covid at least one year after they were first infected, new figures reveal. The data, released by the Office for National Statistics yesterday, comes as figures suggest the number of Covid patients admitted to hospital in England is continuing to rise amid a new wave of the virus.
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Long Covid Affects More Than 1m People A Year After First Infection

As of 3 September, an estimated 2.3 million people living in private households in the UK about 3.5% of the population had long Covid, equivalent to one in 28 people. About 1.1 million of those believe they were first infected with Covid more than a year ago, with a further 514,000 people saying they were first infected at least two years ago.

The figures are based on people self-reporting whether they have experienced ongoing symptoms for more than four weeks after what they think was their first Covid infection. However, the ONS said it is possible some of the 1.1 million people with long Covid symptoms developed them after a subsequent, and hence more recent, Covid infection.

The data also reveals an estimated 342,000 people with long Covid have had their ability to undertake their day-to-day activities limited.

Almost 70% of those with long Covid reported having fatigue, with shortness of breath and muscle aches also common women, people aged 35 to 69 years and those with other disabilities are among the groups most likely to have long Covid.

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