COVID-19 symptoms U.S. 2020

Around 70 percent of people in the United States who had COVID-19 from January 22 to May 30, 2020 experienced fever, coughing, or shortness of breath. This statistic shows the percentage of people in the U.S. with COVID-19 from January 22 to May 30, 2020 who experienced select symptoms.

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Percentage of people with COVID-19 in the United States from January 22 to May 30, 2020 who had select symptoms*

Characteristic	Percentage of COVID-19 patients
Fever, cough, or shortness of breath	69.7%
Fever**	43.1%
Cough	50.3%
Shortness of breath	28.5%
Myalgia	36.1%
Runny nose	6.1%
Sore throat	20%
Headache	34.4%
Nausea/Vomiting	11.5%
Abdominal pain	7.6%
Diarrhea	19.3%
Loss of smell or taste	8.3%

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Release date

June 2020

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United States

Survey time period

January 22 to May 30, 2020

Supplementary notes

* Based on 373,883 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases individually reported to CDC during January 22–May 30, 2020. Status was classified as “known” if any of the following symptoms were reported as present or absent: fever (measured >100.4°F [38°C] or subjective), cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, difficulty breathing, chills, rigors, myalgia, rhinorrhea, sore throat, chest pain, nausea or vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, fatigue, diarrhea (≥3 loose stools in a 24-hour period), or other symptom not otherwise specified on the form.

** Persons were considered to have a fever if information on either measured or subjective fever variables if “yes” was reported for either variable.

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