News Report | June 16, 2020
20% Of Health Care Personnel Have Tested Positive For COVID-19
As of June 6, 2020, about 20% of 383,159 health care personnel tested for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tested positive. In total, there have been 77,528 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among health care personnel. Within this group, death status was available for 49,054 people. To date, 415 health care professionals have died from COVID-19, a case fatality rate of 0.5%.
The health care worker infection and fatality statistics are based on more than 1.8 million COVID-19 test outcomes reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of the more . . .