[Translated from French]

About one in nine Canadian adults developed long-term symptoms after contracting COVID-19, according to a new Statistics Canada report.

This represents 3.5 million Canadians, according to the federal agency’s report published on Friday.

Nearly 80% of people with long-term symptoms of COVID-19 have been suffering from it for six months or more, the report says, including 42% for a year or more.