By Joe Fisher, WRAL multimedia journalist
TAR HEEL — The number of workers infected with COVID-19 at meat-processing facilities has more than doubled in the last week, from 479 to 982 cases across North Carolina.
Since April 28, state health officials have identified seven additional plants with outbreaks, bringing the total to 20 facilities in the following 12 counties: Bertie, Bladen, Chatham, Duplin, Lee, Lenoir, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson, Union, Wilkes and Wilson. READ MORE
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