The Guardian and KHN (Kaiser Health News) unveil an interactive database charting frontline health worker deaths. Most are people of color – and nurses face the highest tollMore than 900 US healthcare workers have died of Covid-19 – and the toll is risingMore than 900 frontline healthcare workers have died of Covid-19, according to an interactive database unveiled today by the Guardian and KHN. It is the most comprehensive accounting of US healthcare workers’ deaths in the country. Through crowdsourcing and reports from colleagues, social media, online obituaries, workers’ unions and local media, Lost on the Frontline reporters have identified 922 healthcare workers who reportedly died of Covid-19. Our reporting has also examined the deaths of 19 healthcare workers under age 30 who died from Covid-19.

Source: The Guardian August 11, 2020 06:00 UTC