NNSA Tracking Three New COVID-19 Cases; Pantex Ramp-Up Delayed Amid Texas Infection Surge

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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) tracked three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 this weekthroughout its complex, as a surging outbreak in Texas forced the Pantex Plant to delay the start of its planned ramp-upto normal operations.There were 23 active cases in the nuclear weapons complex this week, a spokesperson for the semiautonomousDepartment of Energy agency wrote Friday in an email. That is up from 20 at this time last week, and makes for acumulative total of 80 cases since the first confirmed U.S. case of the disease in January.