Nearly 3,000 California health care workers have coronavirus. But that figure may be obscuring some good news

Nearly 3,000 California health care workers have coronavirus. But that figure may be obscuring some good news

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Across California, thousands of health care workers have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus. Yet, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that transmission is relatively rare when a doctor, nurse or other worker has brief contact with a patient and is wearing appropriate protective gear.

As of April 15, local health departments in the state reported 2,974 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among health care workers — a little more than 10 percent of all reported cases. Nationally, by April 9, 9,282 cases involving health care providers had been reported out of more than 300,000 total cases.