Long COVID claims tallied in California
- July 9, 2025
- Posted by: Web workers
- Category: Workers Comp
About 15% of COVID-19 claims with medical payments involved treatment for long COVID symptoms, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California reported.
More than one in seven COVID-19 claims filed between April 2020 and July 2021 also included treatment for long COVID over a 30-month, post-acute care period.
The WCIRB also said 5% of all COVID-19 claims filed during that period, including indemnity-only claims, were estimated to involve long COVID.
About 40% of COVID-19 claims that required hospitalization involved long COVID. Those claims also involved higher indemnity and medical losses than other COVID-19 claims, mostly as a result of the higher share of permanent disability claims, the WCIRB said.
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