Amazon says more than 19,000 workers got Covid-19 in the USA

 PUBLISHED THU, OCT 1 20205:22 PM EDTUPDATED 3 MIN AGO

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.

Between March 1 and Sept. 19, Amazon counted 19,816 presumed or confirmed Covid-19 cases across its roughly 1.37 million Amazon and Whole Foods Market front-line employees across the U.S. 

The total does not include Amazon’s network of third-party delivery drivers, which handle a portion of last-mile deliveries. It’s unclear how many contracted drivers make up Amazon’s third-party delivery network, but the company previously said it it has added nearly 85,000 jobs across the U.S., Canada, UK, Spain, and Germany.