Calls to Break Up 'Big Meat' as Nearly 900 Workers at Single Tyson Processing Plant Test Positive

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5. 2,200 employees, so about 40% have tested positive (so far)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1197776

..."The Cass County Health Department's administrator, Serenity Alter, said 890 employees at the plant have tested positive so far, and that a couple of hundred of others still need to be screened.

Hli Yang, a spokeswoman for the company, said the Logansport plant employs 2,200 people. She declined to confirm the number who have tested positive for the virus.

"Since this is an ever-changing situation, we are not disclosing the number of confirmed cases associated with a plant," she told NBC News.

Yang said Tyson plans to resume limited production at the Logansport facility next week, following a plant tour with local health and government officials, a union representative and medical professionals. Tyson made the announcement in a joint statement with the city, county health department and local officials."...(more)