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: 501097

Reported Deaths: 9990

County	Cases	Deaths
Harrison	34338	538
DeSoto	32117	403
Hinds	31939	628
Jackson	24494	382
Rankin	21995	390
Lee	15543	235
Madison	14581	280
Jones	13851	242
Forrest	13453	251
Lauderdale	11991	317
Lowndes	11050	188
Lamar	10521	135
Pearl River	9533	237
Lafayette	8550	140
Hancock	7732	127
Washington	7438	158
Oktibbeha	7146	131
Monroe	6777	177
Warren	6694	176
Pontotoc	6664	102
Neshoba	6637	206
Panola	6531	131
Marshall	6467	134
Bolivar	6317	148
Union	6028	94
Pike	5820	152
Alcorn	5669	101
Lincoln	5436	135
George	4968	79
Scott	4728	98
Tippah	4692	81
Prentiss	4672	81
Leflore	4658	144
Itawamba	4636	105
Tate	4588	111
Adams	4587	119
Copiah	4485	92
Simpson	4446	116
Yazoo	4441	87
Wayne	4397	72
Covington	4288	94
Sunflower	4239	105
Marion	4226	108
Coahoma	4160	105
Leake	4082	88
Newton	3817	79
Grenada	3707	108
Stone	3603	64
Tishomingo	3597	92
Attala	3315	89
Jasper	3299	65
Winston	3142	91
Clay	3080	76
Chickasaw	3003	67
Clarke	2924	94
Calhoun	2794	46
Holmes	2679	87
Smith	2640	50
Yalobusha	2340	47
Tallahatchie	2280	51
Greene	2193	48
Walthall	2187	63
Lawrence	2129	40
Perry	2055	56
Amite	2051	56
Webster	2029	46
Noxubee	1867	40
Montgomery	1796	56
Jefferson Davis	1717	43
Carroll	1691	38
Tunica	1598	39
Benton	1488	38
Kemper	1419	41
Choctaw	1334	26
Claiborne	1327	37
Humphreys	1295	38
Franklin	1202	28
Quitman	1064	28
Wilkinson	1051	39
Jefferson	945	34
Sharkey	641	20
Issaquena	193	7
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 819597

Reported Deaths: 15406

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	114790	1924
Mobile	72579	1338
Madison	52306	697
Shelby	37597	350
Baldwin	37245	552
Tuscaloosa	35101	612
Montgomery	34106	740
Lee	23526	246
Calhoun	22225	488
Morgan	20941	378
Etowah	19825	500
Marshall	18361	304
Houston	17384	412
St. Clair	16054	339
Cullman	15443	293
Limestone	15343	199
Elmore	15241	286
Lauderdale	14302	295
Talladega	13836	283
DeKalb	12649	261
Walker	11202	370
Blount	10192	176
Autauga	10043	148
Jackson	9871	184
Coffee	9210	191
Dale	8897	185
Colbert	8860	201
Tallapoosa	7084	198
Escambia	6772	134
Covington	6712	183
Chilton	6641	162
Russell	6366	59
Franklin	5959	105
Chambers	5607	142
Marion	5005	127
Dallas	4973	200
Pike	4795	106
Clarke	4755	84
Geneva	4571	127
Winston	4516	103
Lawrence	4321	117
Bibb	4251	86
Barbour	3577	76
Marengo	3380	90
Monroe	3314	64
Randolph	3297	64
Butler	3263	96
Pickens	3162	84
Henry	3126	66
Hale	3113	88
Cherokee	3028	60
Fayette	2928	80
Washington	2515	51
Cleburne	2477	60
Crenshaw	2452	75
Clay	2433	68
Macon	2346	63
Lamar	2241	47
Conecuh	1861	53
Coosa	1802	40
Lowndes	1751	64
Wilcox	1688	39
Bullock	1516	44
Perry	1388	40
Sumter	1330	38
Greene	1267	44
Choctaw	885	27
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

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