We’ve all heard of long COVID, the mysterious ailment that plagues people for weeks and months after they first become infected with the virus still gripping the world. But health authorities haven’t tallied how many deaths were related to it—until now.
A newly released federal report shows that long COVID was included on the death certificates of slightly more than 3,500 Americans in the first two and a half years of the pandemic. It’s a breakthrough for understanding the new condition. But is the number accurate?
