Nearly 1 in 5 American adults who have had COVID-19 are still suffering from long-haul symptoms, according to new data collected by the Census Bureau and the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
Delina Vongsady receives a COVID-19 test outside the Salt Lake County Health Department, June 21, 2022, in Salt Lake City.Nearly 1 in 5 American adults who have had COVID-19 are still suffering from long-haul symptoms, according to new data collected by the Census Bureau and Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
A medical worker collects a swab sample from a man at a COVID-19 testing site on Times Square in New York, May 17, 2022.Overall, approximately 1 in 13 adults in the U.S. -- or 7.5% -- have long COVID-19 symptoms, which the groups define as symptoms that were not experienced by individuals prior to their COVID-19 infection, and these symptoms have lasted three or more months after first contracting the virus.
Delina Vongsady receives a COVID-19 test outside the Salt Lake County Health Department, June 21, 2022, in Salt Lake City.Nearly 9% of Hispanic adults reported that they currently have long COVID, a percentage that is higher than non-Hispanic white , Black and non-Hispanic Asian adults .
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