Healthcare worker infections and deaths due to COVID-19: A survey from 37 nations and a call for WHO to post national data on their website

•Healthcare workers (HCW) are part of the frontline in the struggle against the pandemic.•Many HCWs have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 and have ldied worldwide during the pandemic.•We performed an international survey and requested the total numbers of HCW deaths and infections.•Data were obtained from 37 countries, where HCWs have lost their lives in substantial numbers.•We call on the WHO Director-General to highlight this tragedy at the WHO COVID-19 website regularly. The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an ongoing devastating threat to human lives and livelihoods around the world. Healthcare workers (HCW) are part of the frontline in the struggle against the pandemic. Many HCWs have been infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and have lost their…