Whole of population-based cohort study of recovery time from COVID-19 in New South Wales Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 results in persisting symptoms but there is little systematically collected data estimating recovery time following infection.

Methods

We followed 94% of all COVID-19 cases diagnosed in the Australian state of New South Wales between January and May 2020 using 3-4 weekly telephone interviews and linkage to hospitalisation and death data to determine if they had recovered from COVID-19 based on symptom resolution. Proportional hazards models with competing risks were used to estimate time to recovery adjusted for age and gender.

Findings

In analyses 2904 cases were followed for recovery (median follow-up time 16 days, range 1-122, IQR 11-24).There were 2572 (88.6%) who reported resolution of symptoms (262/2572 were also hospitalised), 224 (7.8%) had

SUBMITTER: Liu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8225991 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature