Report: COVID-19 Comp Claims Surged in Late 2022

Claims for COVID-19 more than doubled in the latter part of 2022, but the surge paled in comparison with the prior two years, according to new data released Tuesday by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The findings show that after falling to 1,553 COVID-19 claims in October, the second lowest total for all of 2022, claims increased to 3,354 in November and later peaked at 4,680 in December. Claim counts dropped again in January to 2,859 reported cases. When broken down by industry, the largest number of claims were filed first by health care workers, second by those worki...