According to data from the Office for National Statistics released on August 5, around 945,000 people living in private households in the UK had long symptoms of Covid.
This equates to 1.46% of the UK population, down slightly from 1.49% of data released on June 6.
Among those self-reported COVID-19, 835,000 (88.4%) first had (or suspected they had) COVID-19 at least 12 weeks previously, and 380,000 (40.2%) had first had (or suspected they had) COVID-19 at least a year ago.
Fatigue was determined to be the most common symptom – affecting 528,000 people, compared to 388,000 with shortness of breath, 296,000 with muscle pain and 285,000 with loss of smell.
The highest rates of self-reported long-term Covid were among people aged 35 to 69.
In addition, it has been detected in women, people living in the most disadvantaged areas, people working in the field of health or social services and those suffering from another health problem or a limiting disability. activities.
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This notice was published: 2021-08-31 21:23:00
