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The Associated Press reports:
In the Midwest, the virus is now landing squarely in places where there is strong resistance to masks and governors have been reluctant to require face coverings. Oklahoma and Missouri are regularly recording 1,000 new cases a day, and Missouri Gov. Mike Parson [photo], a staunch opponent of mask rules, tested positive this week. Kansas and Iowa are also witnessing a spike in cases. And South Dakota and Idaho are seeing sky-high rates of tests coming back positive.
“What we’re seeing is the newer hot spots rise over the course of the last several weeks, predominantly in the Upper Midwest,” said Thomas Tsai, a professor at Harvard’s Chan School of Public Health. Harvard’s tracking dashboard has shown an increasing number of states turning red, indicating over 25 new cases per 100,000 population. With experts expecting a surge in coronavirus cases and the flu as cold weather sets in, Tsai warned: “It’s important to not take our foot off the brakes.”
U.S. tops 7M COVID-19 cases with spikes in Midwest and smaller cities where anti-mask sentiment is strong.
This week the U.S. passed 200,000 coronavirus deaths.
With just over 4% of the world’s population, the U.S. now has more than 20% of global cases. https://t.co/pm6LyGtXrp
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) September 25, 2020
The number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. topped 7 million, as states in the Midwest are seeing a spike in new infections https://t.co/ZxtEwYrdQP pic.twitter.com/vaNIHKHofU
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 25, 2020