Doctors admit they can't tell Covid apart from allergies or the common cold anymore – highlighting how mild virus has become

Covid patients are becoming harder to distinguish from those suffering from allergies or the common cold, doctors say.

For comparison, in the early stages of the pandemic, Covid had very distinct symptoms – such as a dry cough and a loss of sense of smell or taste.

Dr Erick Eiting, vice chair of operations for emergency medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, which was hammered hard during the pandemic, said virtually every Covid patient in hospital at the moment was 'really mild'.

Covid hospitalizations are rising, but there is little information available on how severe the disease is that these individuals are suffering.

'The only way that we knew it was Covid was because we happened to be testing them.

For the first time, people can get vaccinated against Covid, flu and RSV in order to protect themselves.

Covid can also cause fever, headaches, fatigue and coughs – but they are becoming less common.

Doctors say that Covid has become much milder now because now almost every American has immunity against it from vaccination or previous infection.

Official data shows Covid hospitalizations are ticking up nationwide, having risen nearly nine percent in the latest week to September 2.

A total of 18,800 people are now being admitted with Covid every week – equivalent to 2,700 a day.

There were 860 Covid deaths across America in the latest week to August 26, up around 4.5 percent in a week.

It comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned a tripledemic of Covid, flu and RSV could strike the US this winter.