CWCI Data Shows December Spike in COVID-19 Claims

Data published online by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows that more claims for COVID-19 were filed in December than in any other month of 2020. CWCI reports 23,483 claims were filed in the last month of 2020, a 55% increase over the previous high of 15,093 claims that were filed in July. CWCI is projecting a total claim count of more than 37,000 for December, which would be more than double the 16,872 claims projected for November or the 15,537 claims projected for July. The institute reports 93,470 claims were filed in 2020, and it is projecting that number will cl...