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Symptomatic COVID-19 patients can take an average of 80 days to return to a normal heart rate, according to a US study. Researchers monitored nearly 900 people after reporting symptoms of an acute respiratory illness, about a quarter of whom tested positive for COVID-19, using wearable technology tracking their heart rate, sleep and step count. The study showed those with COVID-19 took longer to return to a normal resting heart rate, normal sleep patterns and normal amounts of exercise than those with other respiratory illnesses. COVID-19 patients took about a month on average to return to normal sleep and exercise, but took an average of 79 days to return to a baseline heart rate.
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What The Study Did: Wearable sensor data were used to examine the duration and variation of recovery among COVID-19-positive and COVID-19-negative participants.
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