It said the patients were sent to the Covid-19 Rehabilitation Outpatient Specialised Services (CROSS) centre at Sungai Buloh Hospital.

Long Covid patients are those who have recovered but experience ongoing symptoms five to 12 weeks after the initial Covid-19 infection.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that of the total number, 984 (36.3%) cases fully recovered from the symptoms, 1,715 (63.2%) cases still experienced persistent symptoms while 13 had died.

On the fatalities, he said a review of medical records found that there were other factors that contributed to the deaths, namely cancer, kidney failure, heart attack, bacterial infection in the blood as well as lung infections.

Noor Hisham noted that a total of 2,324 patients had undergone evaluation after 12 weeks of post Covid-19 infection.

“It was found that 97.5% of them were patients in Category 4 and 5,” he said in a statement.

Of these 2,324 cases, a total of 914 (39.4%) fully recovered while 1,410 (60.6%) cases still experienced persistent symptoms, with most of them reporting more than one symptom.

The five most frequently reported symptoms were lethargy (71.8%), breathing difficulties while doing activities (61.9%), cough (13.6%), pain (13.2%), and sleeping difficulties (11%).

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