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Over 3,200 COVID-19 claims made to Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta since March
Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta has received 3,209 COVID-19 claims since the pandemic started.Of those claims, 2,164 have been accepted, 646 rejected and 399 are either pending or under review.“In the case of a pandemic, it’s widely accepted that most of the general population is at risk of exposure,” WCB Alberta spokesperson Ben Dille said.“What we are looking for is whether or not the actual employment environment, the job itself, led to an increased risk of exposure.”The manufacturing sector has the highest claim volume with 1,260 — followed by education, health and municipal government with 1,044 in those sectors combined.At the bottom of the list, construction with 60 claims and oil and gas with 33 claims.“What we’re seeing for