More severe COVID-19 may raise risk of long COVID--large study

More severe COVID-19 may raise risk of long COVID Meta-analysis finds that 51% of patients with milder cases, 67% of hospitalized patients, and 74% of ICU patients had long COVID. CIDRAP

A large study released today suggests that people who experience worse COVID-19 symptoms may be more likely to subsequently develop notable symptoms 12 weeks or more after the initial infection. Also, most patients went on to have long COVID, regardless of the severity of their original illness.

The study, published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), was based on data collected on pre-Omicron infections. A total of 61 cohort studies from 15 countries were included in the analysis, which included 74,213 post–COVID-19 cases that had been assessed at least 12 weeks after infection in the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

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