CWCI: COVID Claims Triple in May

The California Workers’ Compensation Institute on Wednesday reported that the number of claims for COVID-19 nearly tripled in May. “The latest figures show that after hitting a 10-month low of 1,303 claims in March of this year, the COVID claim tally increased nearly 83% to 2,381 claims in April, then jumped 182% in May to 6,704 claims, producing a fivefold increase in COVID claim volume during the spring surge,” CWCI said in a bulletin. With the Division of Workers’ Compensation still receiving COVID-19 claims from those three months, CWCI said that after controlling...