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Whole Foods COVID-19 cases
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This is a list created by Whole Worker to track all COVID-19 cases at Whole Foods’ locations, based on news reporting and independent reporting from team members since April 1, 2020. Updated every couple of days!

All cases are told to team members initially through voicemail, but has recently switched to a texting system. Due to keeping anonymous, affected stores without any media sources are not 100% verified unless they provide proof of said text or voicemails to Whole Worker. We strongly encourage these team members to report to their local media outlets to alert the public. We never ask for identifying information of the team members who report to us on these cases, nor do we ask for the affected team members’ personal information, such as name, department and position.


All affected stores are still open for business. Whole Foods’ response to these positive cases include quarantining the affected team members and increasing sanitation practices.

Whole Foods does not have a current policy in place to inform the community. COO Jason Buechel addressed this issue to team members internally:

“As a grocer, we are categorized as an essential business by the federal government and will continue to operate our stores to serve our communities. Because of the thorough nature of our daily enhanced cleaning procedures, we are not being advised to close our stores when notified of a confirmed diagnose of COVID-19.[1]”

As of October 1, 2020, Amazon reported over 19,000 employees from across Amazon and Whole Foods have been infected with COVID-19. Currently, there’s no additional information on outbreaks or the employees who have died working for the company[2]. 

For inaccuracies, media inquiries for attribution, and other questions/concerns about this list, please contact email@wholeworker.org.

TOTAL OF CONFIRMED CASES: 2,388+

TOTAL DEATHS*[3]: 5

TOTAL STORES AFFECTED: 322

TOTAL DISTRIBUTION CENTERS: 1

TOTAL REGIONAL OFFICES: 4

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Florida Region

Total cases: 163

Total stores: 18

Mid-Atlantic Region

Total cases: 302

Total stores: 37

District of Columbia

Maryland

Pennsylvania

Ohio

Virginia

North Atlantic Region

Total cases: 209+

Total stores: 32

Connecticut

Maine

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Northeast Region

Total cases: 135

Total stores: 32

New Jersey

Connecticut

New York

Midwest Region

Total cases: 395+

Total stores: 38

Total regional offices: 1

Midwest regional office

Ontario (Canada)

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

Wisconsin

Northern California Region

Total cases: 126

Total stores: 32

Total distribution centers: 1

California (Northern)

Nevada (Northern)

Pacific Northwest Region

Total cases: 71

Total stores: 18

British Columbia (Canada)

Oregon

Washington

Rocky Mountain Region

Total cases: 144

Total stores: 16

Colorado

Kansas

New Mexico

Utah

South Region

Total cases: 180+

Total stores: 27

Alabama

Georgia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Tennessee

Southern Pacific Region

Total cases: 420

Total stores: 50

Arizona

California (Southern)

Hawaii

Nevada

Southwest Region

Total cases: 212+

Total stores: 32

Total regional offices: 3

Regional offices

Arkansas

Louisiana

Texas

Oklahoma

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Last updated 3/20/2021.

[1] Leadership message accessed through Innerview on 4/9/2020.

[2] Amazon official update on COVID-19 testing, accessed on 10/1/2020.

[3] An asterisk (*) next to a store indicates a team member has died from COVID-19. To respect team members' privacy, we are only disclosing the deaths reported by the media.

[4] A Whole Foods spokesperson confirmed to WUSA9 that HST & TEN have confirmed cases, but didn’t specify the actual number of cases. UPDATE 4/16/2020: HST is confirmed to have only one case by WJLA. SECOND UPDATE 4/16/2020: A Whole Foods spokesperson retracted their statement of TEN having a confirmed case, reported by WUSA6.

[5] Original reporting from WUSA9 reported 12 cases. NYT reported 16 cases. Both can’t confirm the actual amount of cases. Official count is 6 with the newest update from WUSA9 on 4/15/2020.

[6] Whole Foods spokesperson did not provide the exact number of cases at this location for privacy reasons.

[7] There were rumors that there was an outbreak in the store, but the Inquirer & WHYY can only confirm one. An employee reported to Whole Worker that there’s more cases.

[8] One of the cases is a Flex driver.

[9] Whole Foods spokesperson did not disclose how many total cases there are at LNF as of 5/10/20 to several media outlets. Number is based off of a Reddit post, totaling the number of team members and Amazon shoppers. *UPDATE 7/12/20: Someone had reached out privately confirming that there are 25 confirmed cases at this location.

[10] Did not specify the exact number of positive cases.

[11] Anonymous source verified 6, but reported that the store was hiding the actual number of cases (9). Source said there are at least 3 cases unaccounted for.

[12] Two of the positive cases are customers.

[13] One of the cases is a Flex driver.

[14] Third party vendor.

[15] Case was a Prime shopper who worked at several locations, including INT & RSQ.

[16] WRAL reported multiple cases at this location, but couldn’t confirm how many as of June 7th.

[17] Former employee says there are 6-10 employees who are sick instead of 4. To maintain accuracy, we’re keeping the count at 6 until they are verified by text confirmation.

[18] Case was an Flex driver who worked at several locations, including LGN & JAM.

[19] Kailua updated the team member’s status to negative for COVID-19. (Star Advertiser)

[20] Two out of the 5 cases are not store team members or Prime shoppers. One is a Flex driver and a merchandiser respectively.