About 23 Percent of COVID-19 Patients Have Long-Lasting Symptoms, New Study Finds

A large and detailed study found that although most patients recover within weeks from the CCP virus, nearly one-fifth develops at least one long-lasting symptom one month after their initial diagnosis.

Paramedics wheel a stretcher with a patient showing COVID-19 symptoms from a nursery house in Bochnia, Poland, on Dec. 1, 2020. Omar Marques/Getty Images

A large and detailed study found that while most patients recover within weeks from the CCP virus, nearly one-fourth develop at least one long-lasting symptom a month after their initial diagnosis.

The report (pdf) published on June 15 by FAIR Health—an independent nonprofit health care organization—gathered data from nearly 2 million patients that were diagnosed with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus last year.