The question comes up constantly in conversation about COVID-19: How long does the virus survive on surfaces that we touch?
The chart below gives the answer, with one condition: The data is based on the common category of coronaviruses that COVID-19 is part of.
The information here comes from the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration and was posted on WebMD.
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