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76% of COVID-19 patients who get hospitalized still have at least one symptom 6 months later, a study found insider@insider.com (Aria Bendix) © Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images A recovered coronavirus patient is monitored by medical staff at the Department of Rehabilitative Cardiology in Genoa, Italy on July 23, 2020. Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images Three-quarters of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, China had at least one lingering symptom six months after getting sick, a new study found. Around 63% of patients reported fatigue or muscle weakness — the most common long-ter...

A large study of patients from a Wuhan, China, hospital showed that a half-year later, three-quarters were struggling with problems like fatigue, depression and diminished lung function.

Around 63% of patients in the study reported persistent, long-term fatigue or muscle weakness — the most common lasting symptom.

A new study — believed to be the largest so far in which doctors evaluated patients six months after they became ill — suggests that many people will experience lingering problems like fatigue, insomnia, depression, anxiety or diminished lung function.