PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Long Covid (16 October 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are affected by long covid in (a) Norfolk, (b) the East of England and (c) England.
Asked by:
Alice Macdonald (Labour)
Asked by:
Alice Macdonald (Labour)
Answer
The most recent data from the Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study, a joint study carried out by the Office for National Statistics and the UK Health Security Agency, shows that, for the period of 6 February 2024 to 7 March 2024, an estimated 1.8 million people, or 3.3% of the population, in private households in England reported experiencing long COVID symptoms more than four weeks after a COVID-19 infection.
For the same period, approximately 200,000 people, or 3.3% of the population, in private households in the East of England reported experiencing long COVID symptoms more than four weeks after a COVID-19 infection.
Answered by:
Andrew Gwynne (Labour)
22 October 2024
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