{"id":1629865,"date":"2024-04-25T15:51:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T15:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1678060"},"modified":"2024-04-25T15:51:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T15:51:09","slug":"long-covid-rates-hit-two-million-as-tories-ramp-up-the-war-on-disabled-and-chronically-ill-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/04\/25\/long-covid-rates-hit-two-million-as-tories-ramp-up-the-war-on-disabled-and-chronically-ill-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Covid rates hit TWO MILLION as Tories ramp up the war on disabled and chronically ill people"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New government statistics have confirmed what millions of people already knew. Specifically, this was that cases of long Covid<\/a> across the UK are rampant and ever on the rise – now up to two million people. Of course, for people living the daily realities of this devastating chronic illness especially, the news didn’t come as a surprise.<\/p>\n

Long Covid widespread and rising<\/h2>\n

On Thursday 25 April, the UK government’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) released<\/a> the results of its ‘Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study’.<\/p>\n

Predictably, these latest figures showed that long Covid cases are soaring. According to the survey, at least two million people – 3.3% – of England and Scotland’s population are currently living with long Covid.<\/p>\n

The ONS also broke its data down by age group. In particular, it showed that the percentages for different age demographics self-reporting long Covid ranged from between 1% to 5%. Specifically, it found that long Covid is affecting:<\/p>\n