Another source, same story:
APRIL 12, 2020 / 12:20 PM
Smithfield shutting U.S. pork plant indefinitely, warns of meat shortages during pandemic
Tom Polansek
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods, the world’s biggest pork processor, said on Sunday it will shut a U.S. plant indefinitely due to a rash of coronavirus cases among employees and warned the country was moving “perilously close to the edge” in supplies for grocers.
Slaughterhouse shutdowns are disrupting the U.S. food supply chain, crimping availability of meat at retail stores and leaving farmers without outlets for their livestock.
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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem said on Saturday that 238 Smithfield employees had active cases of the new coronavirus, accounting for 55% of the state’s total. Noem and the mayor of Sioux Falls had recommended the company shut the plant, which has about 3,700 workers, for at least two weeks.
“It is impossible to keep our grocery stores stocked if our plants are not running,” Smithfield Chief Executive Ken Sullivan said in a statement on Sunday. “These facility closures will also have severe, perhaps disastrous, repercussions for many in the supply chain, first and foremost our nation’s livestock farmers.”
NE
Tested: Positives 791
Tested: Total 10,710
Deaths: 17
https://nebraska.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/4213f719a45647bc873ffb58783ffef3
SD
Number of Cases 730
Ever Hospitalized* 43
Deaths** 6
Recovered 197
https://doh.sd.gov/news/Coronavirus.aspx
ND
Updated around 11:00 AM daily
Last updated: 4/12/2020 at 10:58 AM
308 Positive Cases
10042 Negative
10350Total Tested
121Recovered
12 Currently Hospitalized
39 Total Hospitalized
8 Deaths
https://www.health.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/north-dakota-coronavirus-cases
MT
387 cases
47 hospitalizations (22 active)
6 deaths
https://montana.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b
NC
4,520 Laboratory-Confirmed Cases
81 Deaths
62,139 Completed Tests
331 Currently Hospitalized
91 Number of Counties
Race/percentage of deaths
Asian 1%
Black or African American 38%
White 61%
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/divisions/public-health/covid19/covid-19-nc-case-count
didn’t the chianeeeese buy smithfield?