Cases in the States continue to surge. President Donald Trump relocated a planned western Wisconsin visit to elsewhere in the state amid calls from a city mayor and the state’s governor, both Democrats, that he not hold a rally there due to an increase in coronavirus cases. The director of the La Crosse airport stated that the event was canceled due to a lease issue, not concerns over the coronavirus. Wisconsin ranks third among states for per-capita increments in cases over the past two weeks.
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State health officials announced 2,887 newly confirmed cases on Thursday, a new daily record, along with 21 more deaths. The state has now seen 125,161 cases and 1,348 deaths since the pandemic began. Trump reinstated the La Crosse rally with one in Janesville about 175 miles away from where the virus is not settling quite as rapidly. He’s also handling a rally Saturday in Green Bay. Both will be outside at airports. Trump’s decision to visit Janesville prompted authorities there to also request that Trump reconsider.
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Both La Crosse and Green Bay have been recognized as a “red zone” for community expanse of Covid-19 by the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Janesville is not on the list. The coronavirus task force report urged social distancing in “red zones” to the “maximum degree possible.” Trump rallies typically draw many thousands of people, who crowd closely together, shouting and cheering the vast majority without masks. A political rally violated the terms of the La Crosse airport’s lease with Colgan Air Service, which planned to host the rally, airport director Ian Turner said.
