At least 138 employees at a meat packing plant in central California have tested positive for the coronavirus.

At least 138 employees at a meat packing plant in central California have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said.

Central Valley Meat Company Co. in Hanford first reported “several” of their employees tested positive for the virus more than a week ago, the Fresno Bee reported Wednesday.null

Kings County Supervisor Doug Verboon told the newspaper the meat packing plant now accounts for nearly two-thirds of the coronavirus cases in the rural county, which has a total of 211 reported cases.

The company employs about 900 workers at two plants in Hanford and Vernon and continues to operate.

Ninety-seven of those infected live in Kings County, 30 are Tulare County residents, and the remaining 11 live in Fresno County, KFSN-TV reported.