The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued an updated list of coronavirus symptoms.
This comes after a total of 33,718 people in the UK tested positive for COVID-19.
According to the WHO's latest report, the signs, symptoms, disease progression and severity of COVID-19 are non-specific and the disease presentation can range from no symptoms to severe pneumonia and death.
As of February 20 2020 based on 55,924 laboratory confirmed cases, typical signs and symptoms include:
- Fever (87.9%)
- Dry cough (67.7%)
- Fatigue (38.1%)
- Sputum production (33.4%)
- Shortness of breath (18.6%)
- Sore throat (13.9%)
- Headache (13.6%)
- Myalgia or arthralgia (14.8%)
- Chills (11.4%)
- Nausea or vomiting (5.0%)
- Nasal congestion (4.8%)
- Diarrhea (3.7%)
- Hemoptysis (0.9%)
- Conjunctival congestion (0.8%)
When do people develop signs and symptoms of coronavirus?
People with COVID-19 generally develop signs and symptoms, including mild respiratory symptoms and fever, on an average of five to six days after infection.
Are you likely to recover from coronavirus?
Most people infected with COVID-19 virus have mild disease and recover.
Approximately 80% of the WHO's laboratory confirmed patients have had mild to moderate disease, which includes non-pneumonia and pneumonia cases.
Are people asymptomatic to coronavirus?
Asymptomatic infection has been reported, but the majority of the relatively rare cases who are asymptomatic on the date of identification/report went on to develop disease.
The proportion of truly asymptomatic infections is unclear but appears to be relatively rare and does not appear to be a major driver of transmission.
Who is at risk of coronavirus?
Individuals at highest risk for severe disease and death include people aged over 60 years and those with underlying conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and cancer.
Disease in children appears to be relatively rare and mild with approximately 2.4% of the total reported cases reported amongst individuals aged under 19 years.
A very small proportion of those aged under 19 years have developed severe (2.5%) or critical disease (0.2%).
