COVID-19 in meat and food processing plants

Food & Environmental Reporting Network (FERN) collected data on food and meat processing impact of Covid-19. As of May 13, at least 207 meatpacking and processed food plants and nine farms have confirmed cases of Covid-19, and at least two meatpacking plants and five processed food plants are currently closed. At least 15,525 workers  (14,136 meatpacking workers, 1,017 food processing workers, and 372 farmworkers) have tested positive for Covid-19, and at least 60 workers (55 meatpacking workers and 5 food processing workers) have died. Since mid-March, outbreaks of Covid-19 have appeared in meatpacking plants across the country, infecting thousands of workers. The coronavirus has also reached workers in processed food facilities, which make frozen dinners, baked goods, and dairy products. And slowly, outbreaks are arriving at farms and ranches. @ https://thefern.org/2020/04/mapping-covid-19-in-meat-and-food-processing-plants/