North Carolina Has 23 Meat Processing Plants with COVID-19 Outbreaks

There are now COVID-19 outbreaks at 23 North Carolina meat processing plants, with 1,340 total positive cases at those plants, according to NCDHHS.

WBTV reports that officials would not specify the names of the companies or detail numbers for every plant or county.

The United Food and Commercial Workers say about a quarter of the country’s pork production and 10% of its beef output has now been shuttered.