Sickest Covid patients still have symptoms a year later

The Express 25/04/2022

Just a quarter of patients admitted to hospital with Covid are fully recovered 12 months later, a study has revealed. The findings show that long Covid is becoming a "highly prevalent, new long-term condition".

Only 29% of UK Covid hospital patients recover within a year

The Guardian 24/04/2022

Fewer than one in three people who have been hospitalised with Covid-19 have fully recovered a year after they succumbed to infection. That is the shock finding of a survey into the impact of long Covid in the UK. The team of scientists and doctors at Leicester University also found that women had poorer recovery rates than men after hospitalisation, while obesity was also likely to hinder a person’s prospects of health improvements.

Covid patients still suffering a year after being infected

The Times 24/04/2022

More than 70 per cent of those admitted to hospital because of Covid-19 are suffering complications from the virus a year later, according to a study of patients at 39 NHS hospitals. The most common ongoing symptoms from long Covid include fatigue, muscle pain, physically slowing down, poor sleep and breathlessness.