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Between 10 percent and 20 percent of U.S. coronavirus cases are healthcare workers, though they tended to be hospitalized at lower rates than other clients, officials reported Tuesday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Avoidance reported the first national information on how the pandemic is hitting medical professionals, nurses and other health care experts.
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The information is necessary new details but not always surprising, stated Dr. Anne Schuchat, who is running the federal firm’s action to the outbreak. Medical personnel have also been hit hard in other countries: Media reports said about 10 percent of cases in Italy and Spain were healthcare workers.
As of the middle of last week, the CDC had reports of more than 315,000 cases in the U.S. The new r