Amazon discloses virus count: 19,000, or 1.44%, of U.S. frontline workforce

Amazon said the number is far lower than expected, given the infection rate for the general population.The company, which encouraged other companies to report comparable figures, expects it will ramp to testing 50,000 U.S. employees per day for the virus by November.The online retailer's news offered a rare look at the disease's impact on a major U.S. employer, under pressure from elected officials and unions for months to close warehouses with outbreaks.