Nurses hold candles bearing the names of 235 health and social care workers that have died from coronavirus during a vigil outside Downing Street, in January 2020
WORKERS in health and social care made up the majority of reported occupational deaths linked to Covid-19, according to data revealed today by a freedom of information (FoI) request.
Some 31,000 suspected cases of occupational exposure to coronavirus were reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) between April 10 2020 and March 13 2021.
A total of 367 deaths have been linked to workplace Covid-19 exposure during those 11 months, and 70 per cent of the deaths (257 fatalities) were in the health and social care sector, the figures released in response to an FoI submitted by GMB union also show.
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