Is losing sense of smell part of covid 19?

Now I know sometimes when you have a bad cold you can’t really smell, but now as I am eating, I have a different smell. Like I’m losing my sense of smell. It’s like a stale bad smell but not really bad. I can’t smell the food regularly if that makes sense. I’m trying to describe it as much as I can. I can still taste which is good.
I am still congested, have a runny nose but I am feeling a bit better. Don’t have a fever which is good. I got tested positive for covid Saturday night so I’m staying home from work for a couple days.
Also I now have diarrhea. Is it normal for the symptoms to come a couple days later?

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robb65 · 56-60, M

I've had covid at least twice. My sense of smell has been coming and going for a few years and is now mostly gone so I didn't notice a loss of smell.

The first time I had a headache for a few days straight. It wasn't even a bad headache so I just ignored it and never took anything. My wife had a bad case and it took her a couple of months to get back to normal. If it had not been for that I might not have even suspected I had it.

The last time my sense of taste was off but not entirely gone. Tea didn't taste right and so I drank beer or juice which I could taste at least some. This time I was sick, not bad sick but sick enough I didn't feel like doing much of anything for about a week.

I don't remember diarrhea. If you are taking any medication it could be from that rather than the covid.