An analysis by The Guardian and Kaiser Health News found that the number of U.S. health care workers that died during the pandemic is considerably higher than official figures released by the government. It documented 2,921 deaths among health care workers up to December 23, 2020 compared to 928 deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of Dec. 17, though the agency has stated that its figures are likely an undercount. More than half of the nearly 3,000 deaths in The Guardian/KHN analysis involved people under 60. It stated that the median age of death from Covid-19 in the general population is 78 but that it is just 59 among the medical staff on the front lines of the pandemic.

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