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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: 338079

Reported Deaths: 7523

County	Cases	Deaths
Hinds	23409	440
DeSoto	23069	280
Harrison	20064	328
Rankin	15119	290
Jackson	14743	251
Madison	10806	227
Lee	10568	179
Jones	8864	169
Forrest	8408	159
Lauderdale	7684	243
Lowndes	6917	151
Lamar	6837	89
Lafayette	6502	124
Washington	5551	139
Pearl River	5060	150
Bolivar	4923	134
Oktibbeha	4847	98
Panola	4739	112
Warren	4690	127
Marshall	4670	106
Pontotoc	4428	73
Monroe	4293	137
Union	4291	79
Neshoba	4232	181
Hancock	4177	88
Lincoln	4148	116
Pike	3605	113
Leflore	3587	125
Tate	3514	88
Alcorn	3464	74
Sunflower	3449	94
Adams	3384	88
Scott	3366	76
Yazoo	3356	73
Simpson	3192	90
Copiah	3190	68
Itawamba	3124	80
Coahoma	3115	85
Tippah	3005	68
Prentiss	2950	63
Covington	2871	83
Marion	2817	80
Leake	2815	75
Wayne	2746	43
Grenada	2675	88
George	2662	51
Newton	2589	64
Tishomingo	2380	70
Winston	2362	84
Jasper	2275	48
Attala	2233	73
Stone	2194	37
Chickasaw	2175	60
Holmes	1976	74
Clay	1946	54
Clarke	1844	80
Tallahatchie	1827	42
Calhoun	1794	32
Smith	1775	35
Yalobusha	1702	40
Walthall	1444	48
Lawrence	1400	26
Greene	1376	34
Amite	1356	43
Noxubee	1342	35
Perry	1324	38
Montgomery	1315	44
Carroll	1254	31
Webster	1191	32
Jefferson Davis	1142	34
Tunica	1132	27
Benton	1059	25
Claiborne	1048	31
Kemper	1014	29
Humphreys	998	33
Franklin	867	23
Quitman	843	19
Choctaw	818	19
Wilkinson	765	32
Jefferson	704	28
Sharkey	516	18
Issaquena	173	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 574737

Reported Deaths: 11492

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	83957	1589
Mobile	46611	857
Madison	36938	532
Tuscaloosa	26841	465
Shelby	26769	255
Montgomery	25853	624
Baldwin	24213	326
Lee	16897	181
Calhoun	15210	332
Morgan	14990	289
Etowah	14721	369
Marshall	12855	235
Houston	11661	292
Elmore	10727	217
St. Clair	10587	250
Limestone	10535	158
Cullman	10323	204
Lauderdale	10044	253
DeKalb	9335	191
Talladega	8797	187
Walker	7659	286
Autauga	7456	114
Jackson	7295	117
Blount	7233	139
Colbert	6614	142
Coffee	6117	131
Dale	5393	117
Russell	4677	42
Chilton	4666	117
Covington	4623	125
Franklin	4472	81
Tallapoosa	4420	157
Escambia	4252	82
Chambers	3880	125
Dallas	3707	163
Clarke	3664	62
Marion	3413	106
Pike	3269	79
Lawrence	3211	101
Winston	2939	72
Bibb	2829	65
Geneva	2742	83
Marengo	2590	67
Barbour	2451	61
Pickens	2396	62
Butler	2376	72
Hale	2323	78
Fayette	2250	64
Henry	2066	45
Randolph	1961	44
Monroe	1950	41
Cherokee	1945	48
Washington	1793	39
Macon	1683	52
Crenshaw	1650	58
Clay	1636	59
Cleburne	1599	45
Lamar	1497	38
Lowndes	1448	54
Wilcox	1298	31
Bullock	1260	42
Conecuh	1195	30
Coosa	1167	29
Perry	1099	28
Sumter	1087	32
Greene	983	36
Choctaw	639	25
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

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