Italian study finds COVID-19 symptoms persist in many patientsA small study by Italian researchers found that more than 87% of patients who had recovered from acute COVID-19 still had at least one symptom 2 months after illness onset.The study, published yesterday in a research letter to JAMA, assessed 143 patients treated for acute COVID-19 at a hospital in Rome in April and May.
Patients were assessed a mean 60.3 days after onset of the first symptom.At the time of evaluation, 32% had one or two symptoms and 55% had three or more.
Only 12.6% were completely free of symptoms. None of the patients had any signs or symptoms of acute illness, but lower quality of life was observed among 44.1%, with a high proportion of individuals still