Nearly a Quarter of COVID Comp Cases Involve Long COVID

Twenty-four percent of COVID-19 workers' compensation claimants have or had long COVID, according to a report released Monday by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Overall, 20% of non-hospitalized and 47% of hospitalized workers with admitted COVID-19 claims developed long COVID, according to the Boca Raton, Florida-based ratings agency. NCCI relied on claims data extending through the first quarter of this year for claims with accident dates between March 2020 and June 2021. The data “does not fully reflect the potentially longer-term impacts of long COVID,&rdquo...