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1.44 percent of Amazon’s front-line employees have tested positive or been’presumed positive for covid-19′. The company says it employs 1,372,000 front-line employees across both Amazon and whole foods.

The blog marks the first time Amazon has disclosed how many of its workers have contracted covid-19. It comes after months of demands for increased transparency from workers, governments, and Amazon investors.

Amazon points out that its 19,816 cases are lower than the 33,952 it estimated it would have seen. But that might paint Amazon in a positive light, at least 10 employees have died from the disease.

Amazon says it conducted thousands of covid-19 tests per day. Goal of doing 50,000 tests a day across 650 sites by November. Company also says it has introduced’enhanced cleaning procedures’ at its sites.

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