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: 312712

Reported Deaths: 7223

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	21445	257
Hinds	20264	414
Harrison	17785	308
Rankin	13548	278
Jackson	13401	246
Madison	10055	217
Lee	9959	173
Jones	8361	163
Forrest	7638	152
Lauderdale	7191	240
Lowndes	6361	144
Lamar	6206	86
Lafayette	6164	118
Washington	5318	133
Bolivar	4796	132
Oktibbeha	4606	98
Panola	4550	105
Pearl River	4493	145
Marshall	4393	103
Warren	4371	121
Pontotoc	4193	72
Monroe	4089	133
Union	4088	76
Neshoba	4022	176
Lincoln	3944	110
Hancock	3768	86
Leflore	3487	125
Sunflower	3355	90
Tate	3320	84
Pike	3290	105
Scott	3149	73
Alcorn	3112	68
Yazoo	3102	69
Itawamba	2992	77
Copiah	2960	65
Coahoma	2939	79
Simpson	2938	88
Tippah	2874	68
Prentiss	2789	60
Marion	2687	80
Leake	2655	73
Wayne	2622	41
Adams	2618	82
Grenada	2600	85
Covington	2562	81
George	2467	48
Newton	2461	61
Winston	2268	81
Tishomingo	2254	67
Jasper	2207	48
Attala	2141	73
Chickasaw	2069	57
Holmes	1886	72
Clay	1846	54
Stone	1818	33
Clarke	1778	79
Tallahatchie	1778	40
Calhoun	1697	32
Yalobusha	1629	36
Smith	1621	34
Walthall	1338	45
Greene	1303	33
Lawrence	1283	23
Montgomery	1267	42
Noxubee	1267	34
Perry	1258	38
Amite	1228	42
Carroll	1217	28
Webster	1145	32
Jefferson Davis	1069	32
Tunica	1046	26
Claiborne	1022	30
Benton	990	25
Humphreys	961	33
Kemper	953	28
Franklin	834	23
Quitman	799	16
Choctaw	760	18
Wilkinson	668	30
Jefferson	654	28
Sharkey	502	17
Issaquena	168	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 529446

Reported Deaths: 10930

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	76303	1516
Mobile	40850	804
Madison	34622	501
Tuscaloosa	25701	451
Montgomery	24289	585
Shelby	23367	247
Baldwin	21035	307
Lee	15822	169
Calhoun	14469	313
Morgan	14266	279
Etowah	13806	352
Marshall	12185	222
Houston	10533	280
Elmore	10029	205
Limestone	9948	150
Cullman	9640	193
St. Clair	9589	239
Lauderdale	9407	239
DeKalb	8814	185
Talladega	8199	175
Walker	7214	277
Autauga	6914	108
Jackson	6801	111
Blount	6635	136
Colbert	6288	134
Coffee	5498	117
Dale	4820	111
Russell	4384	38
Chilton	4258	111
Franklin	4247	82
Covington	4111	117
Tallapoosa	4004	150
Escambia	3930	76
Chambers	3555	123
Dallas	3543	151
Clarke	3506	61
Marion	3105	100
Pike	3101	77
Lawrence	2997	98
Winston	2736	72
Bibb	2604	63
Marengo	2490	64
Geneva	2476	76
Pickens	2336	59
Barbour	2307	56
Hale	2222	76
Butler	2158	69
Fayette	2120	62
Henry	1887	44
Cherokee	1841	45
Randolph	1792	41
Monroe	1770	40
Washington	1670	39
Macon	1588	50
Clay	1551	56
Crenshaw	1519	57
Cleburne	1483	41
Lamar	1415	34
Lowndes	1385	53
Wilcox	1267	29
Bullock	1229	41
Conecuh	1101	29
Perry	1075	26
Coosa	1069	28
Sumter	1043	32
Greene	923	34
Choctaw	604	24
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

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