⁍ Nearly half a million people have contracted COVID-19 in the United States over the last seven days.

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⁍ Coronavirus hot spots include Illinois, which reported 31,000 new infections over the past week.

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⁍ Two states expected to be key in the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 3: Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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– “This is going to get worse before it gets better,” Andrea Palm of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services told reporters Tuesday, as Reuters reported on new cases and hospitalizations set records in the Midwest, including Illinois, which reported 31,000 new infections over the past week. Wisconsin broke one-day state records in both cases and deaths; state officials told residents to stay home, wear masks, and cancel social gatherings. Alaska set a statewide record for single-day positive tests over the weekend, and some of the hardest-hit parts of the state were rural communities with mostly Native populations. Coronavirus hot spots include Illinois, which reported 31,000 new infections over the past week, and two states expected to be key in the US presidential election on Nov. 3: Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Coronavirus hot spots include Illinois, which reported 31,000 new infections over the past week, and two states expected to be key in the US presidential election on Nov. 3: Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Alaska set a statewide record for single-day positive tests over the weekend, and some of the hardest-hit parts of the state were rural communities with mostly Native populations. Coronavirus hot spots include Illinois, which reported 31,000 new infections over the past week, and two states expected to be key in the US presidential election on Nov. 3: Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Coronavirus hot spots include Illinois, which reported 31,000 new infections over the past week, and two states expected to be key in the US presidential election on Nov. 3: Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.