Nearly 20,000 workers have had COVID-19, Amazon admits

Nearly 20,000 workers have had COVID-19, Amazon admits

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/nearly-20000-workers-have-had-covid-19-amazon-admits/

Amazon on Thursday released high-level data on COVID-19 infection rates among its warehouse and in-store workers, saying that almost 20,000 "front-line" employees contracted COVID-19 between March 1 and mid-September.

Of 1.37 million people who worked either in Amazon distribution facilities or in Whole Foods stores during that period, 19,816—or about 1.44 percent—have had COVID-19, Amazon said. The company released the number in the context of a corporate blog post boasting of success with its mitigation measures.