The number of people in the UK suffering symptoms associated with long Covid for more than a year has risen by 131,000, according to official figures.
Last month’s Office for National Statistics data revealed that as of 2 July there were 761,000 people with symptoms for at least one year, down from 807,000 in early June – which itself marked a slight decline on early May.
But the latest figures reveal as of 31 July, 892,000 people in the UK were suffering symptoms associated with long Covid for more than a year.
The number of people suffering long Covid symptoms for at least 12 weeks was 1.7m, up from 1.4 million people in early July.
And the number of people suffering long Covid symptoms for more than four weeks rose by 200,000 to 2 million people over the same period.
Fatigue continued to be the most common symptom reported by individuals experiencing long Covid (62% of those with self-reported long Covid), followed by shortness of breath (37%), difficulty concentrating (33%), and muscle ache (31%).
