“All those essential workers have to get up every morning to put food on the shelves and go to the hospitals to provide healthcare under extraordinary circumstances,” N.Y. will pay benefits for workers who died fighting the pandemic. There are 62,344 cases of COVID-19 among healthcare personnel in the U.S., and 291 have died, new … Continue reading PART 29. May 31, 2020. CORONAVIRUS. “The economy did not close down. It closed down for people who, frankly, had the luxury of staying home,” But not so for frontline workers!