⁍ With less than a week of voting left, President Donald Trump pushed ahead on Wednesday with mass rallies.

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⁍ Pandemic that has upended life across the United States this year, killing more than 227,000 people, is roaring back in the days leading up to the Nov. 3 contest.

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⁍ Biden holds a comfortable lead in national polls, which also show a public increasingly dismayed by Trump’s handling of the largest public health crisis in U.S. living memory.

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– With less than a week to voting left, President Trump pushed ahead on Wednesday with mass rallies despite a US surge in COVID-19 cases and mounting criticism that he is prioritizing his re-election above the health of his supporters. The pandemic that has upended life across the United States this year, killing more than 227,000 people, is roaring back in the days leading up to the Nov. 3 contest when Republican Trump faces Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Wisconsin broke one-day state records in cases and deaths on Tuesday, reports Reuters. State officials have asked residents to quarantine voluntarily when possible, wear masks, and cancel social gatherings with more than five people. The former vice president will receive a briefing from public health experts and deliver a speech near his home in Delaware on his plans to combat COVID-19 and protect Americans with pre-existing health conditions. As infection rates rise, Trump again accused the news media of pushing the story to hurt him. “Covid, Covid, Covid is the unified chant of the Fake News Lamestream Media. They will talk about nothing else until November 4th, when the Election will be (hopefully!) over,” he tweeted. Trump’s running mate, Vice President Mike Pence, will campaign on Wednesday in Wisconsin, where a record number of coronavirus cases has prompted the Democratic governor to urge people to stay at home. Wisconsin broke one-day state records in cases and deaths on Tuesday. State officials have asked residents to quarantine voluntarily when possible, wear masks and cancel social gatherings with more than five people.