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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Nicola Davis, Pamela Duncan and Carmen Aguilar García

More than 1m people report long Covid in UK a year after infection

People outside the Elland Road Leeds Covid vaccination centre in December 2021.
People outside the Elland Road Leeds Covid vaccination centre in December 2021. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

More than 1 million people in the UK have long Covid at least one year after they were first infected, new figures reveal.

The data, released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday, comes as other figures suggest the number of Covid patients admitted to hospital in England is continuing to rise amid a new wave of the virus.

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