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<p>The Government does not currently routinely record the total number of people with
long COVID, or new cases identified. However, the most recent data from the Office
of National Statistics (ONS) shows that for the four week period ending 5 March 2023:
1.9 million people, or 2.9% of the population, in private households in the United
Kingdom reported experiencing long COVID symptoms; 83,000 people first had, or suspected
they had, COVID-19 less than 12 weeks previously; 1.73 million people had symptoms
for 12 or more weeks, 1.3 million people for at least a year and 762,000 for at least
two years; and 1.5 million people reported day-to-day activities adversely affected.
Of these, 381,000 people reported that their ability to undertake day-to-day activities
had been limited a lot.</p><p>On 25 April 2024, the ONS will be publishing additional
analysis from the fortnightly Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study, including
data on trends in ongoing symptoms of COVID-19. This article will expand on the existing
analysis published in the Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study’s data tables,
to look more in depth at trends in self-reported symptoms of COVID-19, including ongoing
symptoms and associated risk factors.</p>
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