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Nueces County Health Director: 7 employees at STX Beef test positive for COVID-19; 3 in ICU
Seven employees at the STX Beef Co. plant in Corpus Christi have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, and three are hospitalized.
Nueces County Health Director Annette Rodriguez told the Caller-Times Thursday afternoon health officials received word of a seventh positive COVID-19 case reported at the beef processing plant.
Six of the employees are Nueces County residents. One employee is a resident of another county. That county was not disclosed by Rodriguez.
Health district employees are working to conduct contact tracing as quickly as possible, Rodriguez said.
Read more: https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2020/05/07/7-employees-stx-beef-test-positive-covid-19-3-icu/3092425001/
(Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
