COVID-19 related deaths

May 8

-- The UAW confirmed that 11 Ford workers in the United States have died of suspected COVID-19, including three at the Livonia (Mich.) Transmission Plant, two at Chicago Assembly and one each at other facilities. -- UAW

April 29

-- An employee who worked at Ford's engine plant in Dagenham, England, has died of suspected COVID-19. The death was disclosed by Ford CEO Jim Hackett during the automaker's first-quarter earnings call on Tuesday. Hackett said 11 Ford employees in the U.S. and the UK have died as a result of the pandemic. -- Automotive News Europe

April 23

-- UAW President Roy Gamble said another Ford worker, who worked at the Dearborn Truck Plant in Michigan, has died of the virus. It is at least the ninth Ford UAW member to die from the virus. -- UAW

April 20

-- The UAW has confirmed that a union member who worked at General Motors Technical Center in Warren has died of the coronavirus. The UAW said that person worked for GM's janitorial vendor, Aramark. -- Detroit Free Press

April 16

-- Canadian auto supplier Magna International has about 70 employees globally recovering from COVID-19 and has seen three in North America die from the virus. -- The Economic Times

-- The UAW has confirmed two more FCA employees -- workers at the Sterling Stamping Plant in Michigan -- have died of the coronavirus. -- UAW

April 14

-- A fourth FCA worker at Warren Truck in Michigan has died after being diagnosed with the coronavirus, the UAW confirmed Tuesday. -- UAW

April 11

-- An FCA worker based at Warren Truck in Michigan and diagnosed with the novel coronavirus has died, the UAW confirmed late Saturday. This is the 13th confirmed COVID-19-related death of an FCA employee and the 20th confirmed death for Detroit automakers since March 22. -- Detroit Free Press

April 10

-- An FCA worker based at the Chelsea Proving Grounds in Michigan and diagnosed with the novel coronavirus died Thursday morning, the UAW said. It is the 12th confirmed death of an FCA employee stricken by the respiratory illness and the 19th confirmed death for the Detroit Three automakers since March 22. -- Detroit Free Press

April 8

-- A seventh UAW member employed by Ford and diagnosed with the novel coronavirus has died, the company confirmed late Tuesday. It is the second death of a worker from the Livonia Transmission Plant in Michigan. -- Detroit Free Press

-- A Volkswagen worker at one of the carmaker's Mexico plants died in what it suspects may have been a coronavirus-related case. The man was hospitalized March 25, five days before Volkswagen’s Mexico unit suspended production at its facilities in Puebla and Guanajuato. He died April 3 and may have had Covid-19, but was never tested, according to the company. The carmaker idled factories in Mexico later than it did elsewhere. VW’s Mexico plants didn’t shut until March 30, nine days after the company’s U.S. unit suspended production at its facility in Tennessee. -- Bloomberg

April 6

-- Two more FCA workers and a Ford worker who were diagnosed with COVID-19 died over the weekend, the UAW confirmed Sunday morning. This brings to 11 the number of confirmed deaths of FCA employees diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, and six at Ford. The UAW, which monitors workplace safety issues, has so far not confirmed any GM deaths associated with COVID-19. -- Detroit Free Press

April 3

-- An employee at Hyundai's assembly plant in Montgomery, Ala., has died from the coronavirus, the automaker confirmed Friday. Hyundai Motor America said in an emailed statement that employees who may have recently been in contact with the worker, who had last been at the plant March 18, have been notified and are self-quarantined. -- Staff reports 

April 2

-- A Ford employee at the Livonia, Mich., Transmission Plant died after contracting COVID-19, according to an internal email sent to employees Thursday. -- Detroit Free Press

-- An FCA employee diagnosed with the novel coronavirus who worked at the MOPAR national parts distribution center in Center Line, Mich., has died, the UAW confirmed Thursday.​​​​​​ The death is the eighth of an FCA worker publicly confirmed to have been diagnosed. -- Detroit Free Press

April 1

-- Ford officials confirmed Tuesday night the death of a fourth UAW member diagnosed with COVID-19. The worker was based at the Michigan Assembly Plant's integrated stamping facility in Wayne, Mich. -- Detroit Free Press

March 31

-- A third Ford UAW worker diagnosed with the novel coronavirus has died, this time from the Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing Plant in Dearborn. -- Michael Martinez

March 29

-- Robert Garff, 77, chairman of Ken Garff Automotive Group, the 10th largest dealership group in the country, died of complications from the coronavirus. Garff and his wife tested positive for COVID-19 after returning to their Utah home from a trip to Palm Springs, Calif., according to the dealership group's website. Both self-quarantined. -- Jackie Charniga 

March 28

-- Two Ford workers have died from the coronavirus, according to the UAW. One worked at the automaker's Dearborn Stamping plant while the other was a skilled trades employee at the Ford Data Center in Dearborn, Mich. The pair are the first Ford employees known to have died from the virus. -- Michael Martinez

-- The UAW confirmed two more FCA union deaths on Sunday, one at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant and the other at a MOPAR distribution center in Center Line, Mich. -- Michael Martinez

March 26

-- A man employed at FCA Transport in Sterling Heights, Mich., died after contracting the coronavirus. It marks the fourth death of an FCA union worker linked to the new virus. -- Vince Bond Jr.

March 24

-- Two FCA factory employees who tested positive for COVID-19 have died, the UAW said. They are the first U.S. auto plant workers known to have died after contracting the virus. One of the employees worked at FCA's Ram pickup plant in Sterling Heights, Mich. The other worked at a plant in Kokomo, Ind. -- Vince Bond Jr.

March 22

FCA postponed work associated with test laboratories and pilot plants at its Auburn Hills, Mich., headquarters amid reports that a technical support worker there died after testing positive for COVID-19. The Detroit Free Press reported that the worker was a man in his 50s  "who provided technical support for dynamometers." -- Vince Bond Jr.

March 14

-- Meccanotecnica Codognese Chairman Umberto Falchetti, 86, died after a short battle with the virus. Meccanotecnica Codognese, known as MTA, is a Milan auto supplier that makes electronic and electromechanical components for BMW, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, PSA Group and Renault. -- Luca Ciferri