November 5, 2020

As people in the United States wait for the results of a hotly contested presidential election, cases of COVID-19 continue to surge in several parts of the country.

A dozen US states reported record-high new infections this week, Reuters News Agency reported on Thursday, including Illinois and Texas, the two states leading the country in the most cases of COVID-19 reported during the past seven days.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 9,935 new cases across the state on Thursday, as well as 97 additional deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/5/as-us-awaits-election-results-covid-19-cases-keep-mounting