post-coronavirus health condition known as "long COVID" were not sick enough to be hospitalized when they were initially infected, according to a study released Wednesday.
More than two years into the pandemic, the lingering symptoms of COVID-19 that many patients experience have come under the microscope.
The study released Wednesday, which was conducted by the non-profit FAIR Health and has not been peer-reviewed, analyzed more than 78,000 people who were diagnosed with long COVID between October 2021 and January 2022.
A sign for Covid-19 Testing is seen at the entrance to a shopping center. (Credit: Rooney Quinn/Getty Images) About three-quarters, 75.8%, of long COVID patients were not previously hospitalized with the disease.