⁍ President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden on Monday are down to the final full week of campaigning.

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⁍ coronavirus cases and a COVID-19 outbreak within Vice President Mike Pence’s staff keep the focus of the race on the pandemic.

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⁍ Biden accused the president of surrendering to the pandemic that has killed about 225,000 people in the United States.

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– With eight days to go before Election Day, more than 59.1 million Americans have already voted in person or by mail, a pace that could lead to the highest turnout rate in more than a century, according to data from the US Elections Project at the University of Florida. With eight days to go before Election Day, more than 59.1 million Americans have already voted in person or by mail, a pace of early voting that could lead to the highest turnout rate in more than a century, according to data from the US Elections Project at the University of Florida. President Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are down to the final full week of campaigning before the Nov. 3 election, as surging coronavirus cases and a COVID-19 outbreak within Vice President Mike Pence’s staff keep the focus of the race on the pandemic, Reuters reports. Trump claimed progress in combating the disease even as the United States set records in recent days for daily infections, while Pence forged ahead with campaigning on Sunday despite close aides testing positive. Biden accused the president of surrendering to the pandemic that has killed about 225,000 people in the United States. With eight days to go before Election Day, more than 59.1 million Americans have already voted in person or by mail, a pace of early voting that could lead to the highest turnout rate in more than a century, according to data from the US Elections Project at the University of Florida.