A global analysis found that around 90 percent of long-COVID cases occur in individuals who were not hospitalized for COVID-19.
In a commentary published in January 2023, the authors of the study concluded that this would suggest that most people with long COVID experienced a mild infection.
The data come from a global study that analyzed 54 studies and two medical databases across 10 countries. The authors defined long COVID as the persistence of fatigue, cognitive, or respiratory symptoms for over three months post-COVID. They found that 89.7 percent (130 million) of the recorded long-COVID cases occurred in people who were not hospitalized for COVID-19.
In reviewing the study, it appears that because mild cases make up the majority of long-COVID cases, having mild COVID might be what puts people at risk of long COVID….