According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported, ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. Anyone can have mild to severe symptoms, and possible symptoms include:

• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

These symptoms may change with new COVID-19 variants and can vary depending on vaccination status. The CDC will continue to update this list as they learn more about COVID-19.

According to experts, COVID symptoms have pretty much stayed the same, though the ones you get and the order in which you get them can vary. COVID symptoms for this fall do not appear to have changed much from what they were last year and include:

• Fever or chills
• Sore throat
• Body aches
• Headache
• Shortness of breath
• Fatigue
• Congestion or runny nose
• New loss of taste or smell
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

These symptoms may be a sign of COVID infection, but they could also mean you have a different illness. If you have questions or think you were in contact with someone who had COVID, call your primary care provider. You can also take an at-home COVID-19 test to help find out if you have the virus.