understand the symptoms. Here are the symptoms that were predominantly experienced by people during the first wave: Common symptoms like cold, fever, headache, weakness, lethargy and lack of appetite were seen in the infected people during the first wave of infections.
Symptoms that had sort of become a marker to understand that one has contracted Covid before even taking the test were loss of taste and smell. Symptoms seen during second wave: The second wave, led by the Delta variant, saw people experiencing body ache, back pain, headache, fever, cough, loss of smell and taste, tingling sensation in fingers and toes, breathlessness, chest pain, fatigue and weakness.
Unlike the first wave, more young people were affected this time. Symptoms seen during third wave: The third wave was driven by the Omicron variant, which was first reported in South Africa in November 2020.
The common symptoms seen during this wave were sore throat, headache, muscle pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, fever, cough, and extreme weakness.