WASHINGTON - Nearly one in five Americans who have had Covid-19 have developed persistent symptoms known as long Covid, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Data from the Household Pulse Survey, a partnership between the CDC, the Census Bureau and other federal agencies, showed that more than 40 percent of adults in the United States have had Covid-19 and 19 percent of those have reported still having symptoms of long Covid, United Press International (UPI) reported.
Long Covid has been defined as symptoms lasting three or more months after first contracting the virus and that they didn't have prior to their Covid-19 infection.
The data showed that overall one in 13 adults, or 7.5 percent, have long Covid symptoms, with older adults less likely to experience the symptoms as nearly three times as many adults aged 50-59 currently have long Covid compared to those 80 and older.
Additionally, 9.4 per cent of women currently have long Covid symptoms compared to 5.5 percent of men, it added. - Bernama