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Amazon on Thursday released comprehensive data into the spread of the coronavirus among its employees, disclosing for the first time that more than 19,000 workers contracted the virus this year.
The company arrived at 19,816 presumed or confirmed Covid-19 cases by looking at data across its roughly 1.37 million Amazon and Whole Foods Market front-line employees across the U.S. At that level, Amazon said the rate of infection among employees was 42% lower than expected, compared to the “general population rate” in the U.S.
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