COVID-19: More than 62,000 cases and 294 deaths in US health care personnel

Updated yesterday, May 27 the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that of the 285,282 persons officially reportedin the U.S. with COVID-19 for whom health care status was available, a total of 62,690 were infected “health care personnel.”

Of that shocking number the CDC reported that death status was only available for 35,673 persons.

Of the 35,673 persons, 294 deaths were reported among health care personnel.

Notably, no demographic data (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity) were provided.

The next update in June will include more infected health care personnel.

Why has this epidemic-within-the-pandemic occurred in the USA, and world-wide and what must be done to stop it?

Previously, on April 17, only 40 days earlier, the US CDC reported in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that 9,282 infected health care personnel had been officially reported, including 27 who had died.

Of the infected health care personnel for whom data was available, the CDC reported then that 6,603 (73%) were female, the median age was 42 years, 72% were white, 21% black, 5% Asian and 2% “other or multiple races.”