People who contract COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus sweeping the globe, can experience a broad range of symptoms and have very different experiences.
Some have no symptoms at all. By far the largest group present with fever and other symptoms. Most will get better on their own. About 15% of those infected go on to have severe illness and must be hospitalized. Another 5% become so ill that they must be treated in an intensive care unit.
The most common symptoms for those who get them, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine, are fever, cough,shortness of breath when they first get sick, muscle pain or fatigue.
Others have reported less common symptoms, including sore or scratchy throat, headache, a productive cough, and nausea or diarrhea.
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