SAN JOSE — Macy’s and Kohl’s disclosed plans on Monday for company-wide furloughs, including their department stores, a move that seems certain to worsen the forbidding economic woes linked to the coronavirus.

Several hundred jobs could be lost in the Bay Area alone, based on the number of department stores the retailers operate in the nine-county region.

Macy’s operates 14 department stores in the Bay Area, along with three furniture and mattress gallery stores. Bloomingdale’s, a unit of Macy’s, operates three Bay Area stores, including one at San Jose’s Westfield Valley Fair mall that opened in early March, staffed by 300 workers.

“We will be moving to the absolute minimum workforce needed to maintain basic operations,” Macy’s posted on its web site on Monday. “This means the majority of our colleagues will go on furlough beginning this week.”

Kohl’s operates 20 stores in the Bay Area, according to the retailer’s web site.

“Given that Kohl’s will be extending the duration of our store closures until further notice, Kohl’s will temporarily furlough store and store distribution center associates, as well as some corporate office associates whose work has been significantly reduced by the store closures,” Kohl’s stated in a filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Macy’s didn’t disclose employment reductions in specific geographic areas, and state labor officials said they have received no recent filings from the department store chain that detailed any upcoming job cuts in California.

The majority of the Macy’s workforce, estimated to range from 125,000 to 130,000 overall employees, was slated to be furloughed.

“There will be fewer furloughs in our digital business, supporting distribution centers and call centers so we can continue to serve our customers online,” Macy’s stated in the web post.

No precise numbers were available to shed light on how the Macy’s furloughs might play out at the retailer’s department stores.

However, a notice filed in January that detailed job cuts at a now-closed Macy’s department store in Antioch might provide some clues. Macy’s said slightly over 100 jobs were lost with the shutdown of that store. The closure of the Antioch store was unrelated to the coronavirus economic effects.

Besides San Jose, Bloomingdale’s also operates stores at Palo Alto’s Stanford Shopping Center and in San Francisco. Separate from these, a Bloomingdale’s outlet is located in Livermore. All are closed.

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Schools in Santa Clara County can reopen for in-person classes today. So why aren’t they? Macy’s retail sites include three department stores in San Jose, two in Santa Rosa, and single stores in Concord, Corte Madera, Daly City, Fairfield, Hayward, Newark, Palo Alto, Pleasanton, Richmond, San Francisco, San Leandro, San Mateo, San Rafael, and Walnut Creek. Macy’s also has furniture stores in Union City, San Mateo, and Pleasanton, according to the retailer’s web site.

Near the Bay Area, Macy’s stores are located in Capitola, Modesto, Monterey, Salinas, Stockton, and Tracy.

Macy’s warned that an immediate rebound for hiring is unlikely.

“We expect to bring colleagues back on a staggered basis as business resumes,” Macy’s said.