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Filipinos make up 4% of nurses in the US, but 31.5% of nurse deaths from COVID-19 – Business Insider Australia

Nurses of Filipino descent comprise just 4% of the workforce, but nearly a third of registered nurse deaths due to COVID-19.

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  • Nurses of Filipino descent comprise just 4% of the US workforce, but nearly a third of registered nurse deaths due to COVID-19, according to a new report from the National Nurses United union.
  • NNU estimates that 1,718 healthcare workers have died due to the disease and related complications, including 213 registered nurses.
  • The largest non-white ethnic group to die of the disease was nurses of Filipino descent, who account for 31.5% of the workforce’s COVID-19 d…

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