People with milder coronavirus cases still report health issues weeks after testing, CDC says

By John Wagner, Herman Wong, Derek Hawkins, Hannah Denham, Meryl Kornfield, Marisa Iati, Hannah Knowles and Jacqueline Dupree
7/24/2020, 10:02:15 p.m.

Coronavirus infections are taking a lasting toll on people, even among those who had cases that were not severe enough to seek hospital care. Many people with milder covid-19 symptoms continue to report health issues two to three weeks after testing, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The study found that 35 percent of people who had covid-19 and were able to self-treat were not at their usual level of health two to three weeks after testing. For people ages 18 to 34 with no underlying health issues, 1 in 5 were still feeling ill weeks later.

The United States reported more than 1,100 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, the fourth day in a row that reported deaths have been above 1,000. It’s the first time since late May that there have been four consecutive days of coronavirus-related deaths above 1,000.

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