New figures released by the Office of National Statistics show an estimated 945,000 people have reported symptoms of long covid over the last four weeks.
Of those who are suffering, 20% said day-to-day activities are “limited a lot”
The stats also show 88% of the people reporting symptoms of long covid say they first contracted coronavirus at least 12 weeks prior and a further 40% think they contracted it more than a year ago.
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Symptoms adversely affected the day-to-day activities of 611,000 people - more than 64% of those with self-reported long covid.
And around 19% said their ability to undertake day-to-day activities had been "limited a lot", reports the Mirror.
Figures released this morning by the Office of National Statistics cover up to Sunday, July 4 2021.
They are down slightly on numbers in the previous announcement which looked at figures in the four weeks up Sunday, June 6, when 962,000 cases of long covid were reported.
Self reporting of long covid was most likely among people who are aged 35 to 69, female, living in the most deprived areas, working in health or social care or have another health condition or disability
The most common symptoms reported are fatigue (56%) shortness of breath (41%) muscle cramps (31%) and loss of smell (30%).
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