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Covid positives increase: these are the new symptoms of the disease

The Carlos III Health Institute has updated the SARS-CoV-2 virus infection data and details an "upward fluctuation." These are the symptoms of the current variants.

• Symptoms of the common cold and covid: differences and what to take to attack them

• The World Health Organization (WHO) updated its guidelines on treatments against covid-19 in November . The variants of the virus tend to cause less severe symptoms of the disease than those that unleashed the pandemic in 2020. In addition, immunity levels are higher as a result of successive vaccination campaigns . However, the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to circulate and infect Spain. For this reason, the latest report published on December 7 by the Carlos III Health Institute on the surveillance system for acute respiratory infections notes "upward fluctuation" in positive cases of the virus.

• Compared to previous weeks, the Ministry of Health notes an increase in infections . In the week of November 20 to 26, positivity was 8.9% and the following week, with data taken until December 3, positive cases rose to 15.2%. In fact, in Aragon, respiratory pathologies such as those caused by the coronavirus are increasing the pressure in health centers and emergencies.

• The predominant covid-19 variants

  The Ministry of Health controls two variants of SARS-CoV-2 : XBB.1.5-like + F456L with 42.59% of positive cases and BA.2.86 , which is present in 44.44% of confirmed cases . The first is a subvariant of Omicron according to the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and has mutations in the F456L spike. The second (BA.2.86) is part of the endless lineages of omicrons that surpass the immune system and are the most common among infections today. The latter were identified in September 2023.

  The most common symptoms of covid-19, now 

  The American Medical Association (AMA) has updated the most frequent symptoms in the more than three years that the coronavirus has been among us. The most common lineages derive from the omicron and cause "similar symptoms in all variants" ranging from typical cases of cold with or without fever, cough, congestion and, in more acute cases, difficulty breathing. These are the most common: 

  • Fatigue
  • Muscle pain
  • Itchy throat
  • Headache
  • Fever
  • Shaking chills
  • Nausea or vomiting
  • Diarrhea

  How many days do the symptoms of covid-19 last?

  It is rarer to find in these lineages other symptoms common in previous Alpha or Beta versions such as loss of taste or smell, although it can still occur. Most symptoms last 5 to 7 days , according to the American Medical Association. 

  How to know if it is Covid or not?

  According to the Mayo Clinic, covid, the cold, some allergies and the flu have similar symptoms, but there are some differences. For example, covid-19 usually causes a headache, something rare in a common cold . The cold is caused by a rhinovirus and SARS-Cov-2 in its different lineages is the cause of covid-19 infection. 

  Congestion is common in both , but fatigue is usually greater and more common when the infection is due to coronavirus. In addition, covid usually causes gastrointestinal dysfunction (vomiting and nausea) but colds are rare.

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