While Ohio and the United States are setting a record for COVID-19 cases, President Donald Trump is holding a rally today at the site of a county fair accused of infecting 22 other people in June, adding in all likelihood one death. .
Buckeye state surpassed the mark of 2,500 for the first time on Friday, with 2,518 new coronavirus cases raising the general condition to 192948, according to the Ohio Department of Health. This is the eighth time in nine days that new cases exceed 2000.
Ohio infections recorded an overall record of more than 83,000 cases nationwide, surpassing the previous peak of around 77,000 in mid-July.
The new instances reported today are at some other level of logging.
And a new study from the University of Washington School of Medicine indicates that the worst would possibly come in the United States: the death toll can also reach 500,000 by the end of February. to the pandemic, as well as to the damn refusal of many to wear masks.
Trump has continually said, as he did in Thursday night’s debate with Democrat Joe Biden, that “we’re turning the corner” about the coronavirus. “We’re turning the corner. He’s leaving. ” Politifact called these statements “false. “
Before Trump’s visit, Biden’s crusade uttered a message from the former vice president.
“Every day, Ohions bears the brunt of President Trump’s damaged and damaged promises. Ohio’s production sector has been greatly affected and executing families have been uprooted from the communities they love. Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 1 in five small businesses in Ohio have closed, more than 410,000 Ohions are still without paintings and more than five,000 have lost their lives to COVID-19,” Biden said.
“President Trump’s lies and excuses cannot replace the facts; however, with his votes, Ohions can turn the page on the failure of his presidency. Buckeye state deserves a White House leader who will fight the virus for workers and lower prices for fitness services. and bring this country closer. “
The Democratic National Committee on Saturday unveiled an anti-Trump billboard west of Ohio Stadium, the opening day of the season late through COVID of the Buckeyes.
Trump, whose rallies are filled with most uns masked attendees, is expected to appear defeated Saturday afternoon at Pickaway County Exhibition Park, which is the site of what is the county’s first fair in Ohio annually. County Department of Health to 19 direct infections and 3 more among the circle of family members of participants.
At the time, the county fair board of directors aired a saying: “We know we have provided the safest and healthiest environment imaginable for our enthusiasts and viewers. “
The Department of Health’s report indicated that food vendors and fairs were not dressed in masks; Food vendors will offer bottles of condiments to share; at the entrances he did not wear a mask or use hand sanitizers because they took cash from other people who came in; “the stands were encouraged” in violation of fitness standards and social distances were limited.
The exhibition park underwent primary renovations in time for the 2019 fair, which were financed in components through a Gun-A-Palooza pistol, where many weapons were sold at auction and raised more than $111,000 in 2019. We decided for the 2020 event, which would be held online in August.
Weapons sold at auction ranged from a Ruger American PredatorArray204 to a nine mm Springfield Hellcat.
Trump’s scale takes position the same day Biden’s vice president, Senator Kamala Harris, organizes a number of occasions in Cleveland, and Libertarian Party candidate Jo Jorgensen stops in Columbus and Toledo, and Vice President Mike Pence in Toledo on Friday. Donald Trump Jr. is hosting events in Youngstown and near Toledo on Monday.
The gust of attention comes when the ballots continue to highlight the rigor of the ohio race. A Fox News ballot released Wednesday showed Trump a 3 percentage point lead, with his margin of error. five a month earlier.
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