text: Episodic long term memory in post infectious SARS CoV 2 patients Episodic long term memory LTM difficulties deficits are frequent in COVID 19 recovered patients and negatively impact on prognosis and outcome However little is known about their semiology and prevalence also being still debated whether they arise from primary amnesic features or are secondary to dysexecutive inattentive processes and disease related premorbid status Hence this study aimed at 1 assessing LTM functioning in post infectious SARS CoV 2 patients by accounting for premorbid and disease related confounders and 2 exploring its cognitive etiology Measures of global cognition Mini Mental State Examination MMSE and Montreal Cognitive Assessment MoCA and LTM Babcock Memory Test BMT of fifty four COVID 19 recovered patients were retrospectively collected Patients were subdivided into those being already at risk or not for cognitive decline RCD RCD Cognitive measures were converted into equivalent scores ESs LTM sub clinical clinical deficits ESs 0 1 were mildly to moderately prevalent in both RCD MoCA Memory 31 8 BMT 31 8 and RCD MoCA Memory 28 6 BMT 39 3 patients MMSE and MoCA total scores but not the MoCA Attention subtest were associated with the BMT RCD asymptomatic patients performed better on the BMT p 033 than those requiring O sub 2 sub therapy but not ventilation COVID 19 recovered individuals might show LTM deficits of both primary and secondary etiology and should be thus screened for them especially those having suffered mid to moderate COVID 19 and those already being at risk for cognitive decline Both I and II level measures of verbal LTM can be adopted although the former might be more sensitive 