LOS ANGELES, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 1 out of 5 adults in the United States who previously had COVID-19 now report having symptoms of long COVID, according to new data revealed by the U.S. government.
The data published on Wednesday was sourced through the "Household Pulse Survey" conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
The NCHS began asking about the presence of long COVID at the start of June.
Out of the over 62,000 adults surveyed, about 40 percent said they had previous COVID-19 infection. Among them, 19 percent said they were currently experiencing symptoms of long COVID.
Of the general population, one out of 13 or 7.5 percent of U.S. adults reported having symptoms of long COVID that lasted three or more months after their initial infection, according to the survey.
Women were found to have a higher rate of long COVID than men, with 9.4 percent reporting the condition compared to 5.5 percent of men, according to the survey. ■