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People with moderate or severe COVID-19 should isolate through at least day 10. Those with severe COVID-19 may remain infectious beyond 10 days and may need to extend isolation for up to 20 days.

Know what to do if you test positive for COVID. Stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home. You are likely most infectious during these first 5 days.

People with COVID-19 can spread the virus to other people starting two days before they develop symptoms (or two days before the date of their positive test if they do not have symptoms) through 10 days after they develop symptoms (or 10 days after the date of their positive test if they do not have symptoms).

You may remain contagious after 5 days of isolation. Continue to wear a well-fitting and high quality mask or respirator around others at home and in public for 5 additional days (day 6 through day 10) after the end of your 5-day isolation period.

Most people feel better within a few days or weeks of their first COVID-19 symptoms and make a full recovery within 12 weeks. For some people, it can be a more serious illness and their symptoms can last longer.

Are there any new COVID-19 symptoms in 2023? fever or chills. cough. shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. fatigue. muscle or body ache. headache. new loss of taste or smell. sore throat.

You may remain contagious after 5 days of isolation. Continue to wear a well-fitting and high quality mask or respirator around others at home and in public for 5 additional days (day 6 through day 10) after the end of your 5-day isolation period.

On June 30, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added three symptoms to its COVID-19 list: Congestion/stuffy nose, nausea and diarrhea. Those three new conditions now join other symptoms identified by the CDC: Fever.

While the new strain spreading in the U.S. is not necessarily more deadly, it does appear to be more contagious. “If you come in contact with someone who has this new strain or with the virus on a surface, then you're more likely to become COVID-19-positive,” she says.