(KNZA)—Six new positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Jackson County, bringing the county's total to 13.

That word came Wednesday in a Facebook post by the Jackson County Health Department.

The six are isolating at home.

It comes after 3 new virus cases were confirmed on Tuesday.

The health department reports two of the 13 Jackson County cases have recovered.

Meanwhile, a sausage processing plant in Holton is temporarily halting operations after five employees were confirmed to have the virus this week.

A spokesperson for Johnsonville said they suspended production Wednesday. 

Johnsonville says all employees will continue to get paid, and downtime will be used to implement even more aggressive safety protocols before reopening.

Some new safety protocols include placing additional barriers between workstations where social distancing is not possible, additional testing among all staff, additional sanitation and providing masks for members to wear.  The plant already had been requiring mandatory temperature checks.

The company didn't announce when it plans to reopen the plant.

The Johnsonville plant, which employees about 230 workers, is Holton's largest employer.