The most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which keeps tabs on long-term COVID cases reported across the United States, indicates West Virginia had the highest prevalence of long-term COVID-19, with 10.6% of survey participants reporting long-term viral effects in 2022.
9.8% of respondents in Alabama and Montana reported having long COVID cases.
North Dakota (9.3 %), Oklahoma (9.1 %), Wyoming (9.0 %), Tennessee (8.9 %), Mississippi (8.7 %), Iowa (8.3 %), South Dakota (8.3 %), and Utah were among the other states with long COVID instances over 8 % (8.3 % ).