01/28/21 WorkersCompensation.com Oakland, CA WorkersCompensation.com) - The monthly count of COVID-19 job injury claims reported to the California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) soared to a record 32,549 cases in December, bringing the total number of COVID-19 claims for accident year (AY) 2020 to 103,712, or more than one out of every six workers' comp claims with a 2020 injury date according to a new analysis by the California Workers' Compensation Institute (CWCI). With additional year-end claims continuing to be filed, CWCI projects that the ultimate COVID-19 claim count for December will be 43,290 claims, while the projected count for all of AY 2020 is 117,989 COVID-19 claims.