About 18 million US adults have had long COVID: CDC

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Sep 26, 2023

About 18 million US adults have had long COVID: CDC


Millions of Americans say they've had long COVID, and some say they're still battling it, according to new federal data.

Two new reports, published early Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, looked at data from the 2022 National Health Interview Survey.

They found that, in 2022, 6.9% of adults -- equivalent to about 18 million Americans -- reported ever having long COVID while 3.4% -- about 8.8 million -- said they currently had the condition, according to 2022 U.S. Census estimates.

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