CDC Updates List of COVID-19 Symptoms

Released: 4/28/2020 1:58:25 PM

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added six symptoms of the novel coronavirus to its list, suggesting health experts are learning more about the growing number of ways physicians see the virus affecting patients.

Previously, the CDC listed three known symptoms of COVID-19, which could appear two to 14 days after exposure to the virus:

• Shortness of breath
• Cough
• Fever

The newly-added symptoms of COVID-19 include the following:

• Chills
• Repeated shaking with chills
• Muscle pain
• Headache
• Sore throat
• New loss of taste or smell