27 US health care workers have died from COVID-19 among 9,200 cases – but there are many unreported infections, the CDC believes
More than 9,000 health care workers across the U.S. contracted COVID-19 as of last week and at least 27 died, according to a report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Of the 9,282 health care personnel confirmed between Feb.12 and April 9 with the disease caused by the new coronavirus, more than half, 55%, reported only having contact with COVID-19 patients within the health care setting. About 73% of the workers who provided personal information were women, and the median age of those infected was 42 years old.
Ninety percent of the infected health care patients were not hospitalized. Of the 8% to 10% who were, up to 5% were admitted to intensive care. Among the 27 who died, 10 were 65 years old or older. The CDC conceded the report's findings underestimate the number of cases among health care workers because ofacross the country. While in some states only 3% of COVID-19 patients were health care personnel, the number was closer to 11% in those with more complete reporting.
Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, added that health care worker information was only available for 16% of the reported cases. And health care providers who were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms were less likely to tested, or even reported.
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