A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that one in five adults below the age of the 65 have suffered at least one health condition that could be deemed to be long COVID, the New York Times reported. For patients above the age of 65, the statistics are even worse at one in four. The authors of the study are recommending that patients who survive COVID be assessed afterward for symptoms on long COVID. The news comes as COVID cases continue to rise across the U.S. and trend at the highest levels seen since February, when the first omicron wave was starting to ebb. The U.S. is averaging 110,614 cases a day, up 31% from two weeks ago, according to a New York Times tracker. The country is averaging 25,429 hospitalizations a day, up 28% from two weeks ago. The daily death toll has fallen to7131 on average, down 13% from two weeks ago. Cases are higher in nearly every state, and there are concerns that case numbers are even higher, as many people are now testing at home and the data is not being collected. On a global basis, total cases are now above 527.4 million. Total deaths are above 6.28 million, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University , with the U.S. still leading the way with 83.7 million cases and 1,003,783 deaths.
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