Mary Wilson
Well-known member
By Leah Douglas, April 22, 2020
Since April, FERN has been closely tracking the spread of Covid-19 at meatpacking plants, food processing facilities, and farms. This dashboard is home to our latest reporting on Covid-19 cases and food system workers, and is updated each weekday.
The interactive map below shows the location of plants and farms where cases of Covid-19 and/or deaths have been reported.
https://thefern.org/2020/04/mapping-covid-19-in-meat-and-food-processing-plants/
Since April, FERN has been closely tracking the spread of Covid-19 at meatpacking plants, food processing facilities, and farms. This dashboard is home to our latest reporting on Covid-19 cases and food system workers, and is updated each weekday.
According to data collected by FERN, as of September 29 at 12pm ET, at least 810 meatpacking and food processing plants (498 meatpacking and 312 food processing) and 136farms and production facilities have had confirmed cases of Covid-19. At least 62,234 workers (44,361 meatpacking workers, 9,761 food processing workers, and 8,112 farmworkers) have tested positive for Covid-19 and at least 262 workers (210 meatpacking workers, 35 food processing workers, and 17 farmworkers) have died.
The interactive map below shows the location of plants and farms where cases of Covid-19 and/or deaths have been reported.
https://thefern.org/2020/04/mapping-covid-19-in-meat-and-food-processing-plants/