Is Covid-19 covered by workers' compensation? It depends. If you can prove you were exposed to COVID-19 at work, then you have a reasonable opportunity to successfully claim this under workers compensation. an ordinary disease of life is generally not entitled to receive benefits. According to Texas Workers' Compensation law, ordinary diseases of life are not covered. "An illness or injury is considered an ordinary disease of life, and therefore not compensable, when there is 1. no causal connection between the injury and the work, and 2. the disease is not indigenous to the workplace or present at an increased degree with the employment." With the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), an employee would have to show specific exposure to the virus or that the employee was exposed to a greater degree at work. An employee could then be eligible for medical care and income benefits due to the injury.