Study: Long COVID Present in 6% of Comp Claims

Six percent of workers with compensable claims for COVID-19 developed long COVID, according to a study released Thursday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. At an average of 18 months of post-infection experience, these workers received more than 20 weeks of temporary disability benefits and received an average of $29,000 in medical care, 10 times that which was spent on workers who were not treated for long-term health issues, according to researchers with the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based institute. Workers who were in an intensive care unit for their initial COVID infection w...