CWCI: COVID-19 Accounts for More Than Half of Death Claims

The California Workers’ Compensation Institute reports COVID-19 was the leading cause of job-related death claims in accident year 2020, accounting for 866 out of 1,563 claims. “COVID death claims declined steadily from January through June of this year, but COVID remained the leading cause of workplace fatalities claimed during the first half of 2021, accounting for 166 out of the 202 death claims,” CWCI said in a report released Friday. “Altogether, the 1,032 COVID death claims reported for the first 18 months of the pandemic represented more than half (53.4%) of the...