Ingalls could surpass 200 coronavirus cases after nearly 70 reported in 7-day period
Ingalls Shipbuilding reported on Monday that 16 employees tested positive for the coronavirus as cases at the Pascagoula shipyard and Jackson County continue to escalate.
With 18 new cases reported Saturday and two other days of 10 cases or more, there were 69 new cases in the last seven days.
Total cases at the shipyard since the pandemic began has reached 194, with 95 employees eligible to return to work.
The company posted on it’s website July 12 that it in response to Gov. Tate Reeve’s executive order, additional screening practices are in place and face coverings are required for employees that can’t maintain 6 feet of distance and if their job allows for face coverings.
The order also said employees should inform medical staff if they think they may have COVID-19 symptoms.
While many businesses don’t report to the public on cases among their employees, Ingalls Shipbuilding posts each new case on its website. The company also reports the area where the person works and when they last were at the shipyard.
Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia, also is seeing large numbers of new cases of coronavirus, with 88 in the last week ending Sunday and 296 total.
