NCCI Report: Number of COVID Cases Lower Than Initially Feared

Despite a near tripling of the number of daily COVID-19 cases reported in the United States in the last two months, infections and the number of workers' compensation claims have turned out to be lower than initially feared, the National Council on Compensation Insurance said in a report released Friday. The NCCI report, a follow-up to the rating and research organization's April white paper on the pandemic, estimates that less than half of infected workers are filing claims, and most of those claims are for relatively small amounts. The percentage of COVID claims that are compe...