Cooper Tire temporarily closing Tupelo plant

Cooper Tire and Rubber, one of Lee County's top employers, will temporarily close its plant in Tupelo as well as plants across the country and in Mexico because of the coronavirus.

Posted: Mar 21, 2020 7:39 PM

Posted By: Craig Ford

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — Cooper Tire and Rubber, one of Lee County's top employers, will temporarily close its plant in Tupelo as well as plants across the country and in Mexico because of the coronavirus.

The tire maker said the process of closing those plants started Saturday and will go into the coming week.

Those plant closures are expected to last two to three weeks.

According to the Community Development Foundation, Cooper Tire and Rubber employs 1,625 people in Lee County, making it the county's second largest employer behind North Mississippi Health Services.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 296154

Reported Deaths: 6764

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	19700	230
Hinds	18851	392
Harrison	16736	281
Rankin	12757	265
Jackson	12623	228
Lee	9694	161
Madison	9480	203
Jones	7990	147
Forrest	7234	138
Lauderdale	6837	226
Lowndes	6032	140
Lamar	5896	80
Lafayette	5740	113
Washington	5220	130
Bolivar	4616	124
Oktibbeha	4415	93
Panola	4319	95
Pearl River	4178	131
Warren	4134	115
Pontotoc	4105	71
Marshall	4035	92
Monroe	3990	127
Union	3961	74
Neshoba	3817	169
Lincoln	3552	104
Hancock	3489	75
Leflore	3380	118
Sunflower	3189	86
Tate	3031	74
Pike	3012	96
Scott	2945	70
Alcorn	2922	63
Yazoo	2905	65
Itawamba	2901	75
Coahoma	2811	69
Tippah	2792	65
Copiah	2787	58
Simpson	2762	80
Prentiss	2702	58
Wayne	2543	41
Leake	2528	71
Marion	2527	78
Covington	2495	80
Grenada	2478	78
Adams	2346	78
George	2321	45
Newton	2308	52
Winston	2218	77
Jasper	2136	45
Tishomingo	2126	65
Attala	2066	69
Chickasaw	2014	53
Holmes	1823	70
Clay	1792	51
Stone	1724	29
Tallahatchie	1712	39
Clarke	1693	71
Calhoun	1580	28
Smith	1530	33
Yalobusha	1450	36
Greene	1278	33
Walthall	1243	40
Noxubee	1228	31
Montgomery	1226	39
Perry	1221	35
Lawrence	1203	21
Carroll	1186	25
Amite	1117	34
Webster	1108	32
Jefferson Davis	1022	31
Tunica	993	23
Claiborne	988	29
Benton	938	24
Humphreys	929	27
Kemper	903	23
Quitman	774	14
Franklin	761	19
Choctaw	698	17
Jefferson	627	27
Wilkinson	624	26
Sharkey	491	17
Issaquena	167	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 497154

Reported Deaths: 10029

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	71400	1387
Mobile	36252	736
Madison	32573	462
Tuscaloosa	24289	414
Montgomery	22708	519
Shelby	22112	215
Baldwin	19856	285
Lee	15021	155
Calhoun	13755	288
Morgan	13742	252
Etowah	13379	320
Marshall	11439	210
Houston	10110	262
Elmore	9451	185
Limestone	9413	136
St. Clair	9003	225
Cullman	8979	182
Lauderdale	8610	212
DeKalb	8486	175
Talladega	7582	165
Walker	6571	259
Jackson	6542	103
Autauga	6313	91
Blount	6229	127
Colbert	5998	120
Coffee	5259	103
Dale	4657	107
Russell	4064	33
Franklin	3997	78
Covington	3989	106
Chilton	3891	100
Escambia	3787	72
Tallapoosa	3613	143
Clarke	3439	53
Chambers	3423	111
Dallas	3419	142
Pike	2933	72
Marion	2888	95
Lawrence	2846	83
Winston	2586	68
Bibb	2459	60
Geneva	2402	70
Marengo	2383	57
Pickens	2250	55
Barbour	2129	51
Hale	2119	69
Fayette	2013	57
Butler	2011	66
Henry	1829	41
Cherokee	1777	39
Monroe	1666	39
Randolph	1646	40
Washington	1566	35
Macon	1472	43
Crenshaw	1462	54
Clay	1455	54
Cleburne	1397	41
Lamar	1337	33
Lowndes	1325	51
Wilcox	1225	25
Bullock	1172	36
Conecuh	1070	24
Perry	1059	27
Sumter	994	32
Coosa	896	24
Greene	885	32
Choctaw	551	23
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0