CVS Health announced Tuesday the pharmacy chain will lay off nearly 3,000 workers as part of cost-saving efforts, but the job cuts primarily will be in "corporate" positions, the company said.

CVS Health is laying off nearly 3,000 "primarily corporate roles" in a cost-cutting move, the company confirmed to USA TODAY Tuesday.

CVS Health has notified the state that it will be laying off 416 employees and that includes 93 in Connecticut. In 2018, Rhode Island-based CVS Health acquired Hartford-based Aetna to create one of the biggest healthcare conglomerates in the world.

CVS Health confirmed plans to pare less than 1% of its total workforce, or about 2,900 jobs as the diversified provider of medical care, pharmacy services and health

CVS Health said on Tuesday it would lay off about 2,900 employees, representing less than 1% of its workforce, as the healthcare conglomerate aims to cut costs. The reductions, part of the company's previously announced plan,

CVS Health is planning to cut about 2,900 jobs in an effort to slash costs, the US health care company said Tuesday.

CVS Health announced on Monday that 93 employees in Connecticut will be laid off as part of a broader restructuring effort.

Connecticut lawmaker Tony Hwang, a Fairfield Republican and ranking senator on the General Assembly’s insurance and real estate committee, sounded the alarm on how potential job cuts by CVS

CVS Health Corp. plans to cut roughly 2,900 jobs to reduce costs, the health-care company said, as it conducts a strategic review of its operations that includes a possible breakup.