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Hello, communicators:
The COVID-19 surge is escalating across the U.S. as millions of Americans are traveling for their annual Thanksgiving celebrations and family gatherings. The epicenter of the virus had been in the Midwest, where states like Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio were seeing surging case numbers. However, nine states across the country are now reporting twice as many cases per day as they were a week ago—and none of them are in the Midwest.
“Let me be very clear: A Thanksgiving gathering this year may very well lead to a funeral,” said Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, whose state is home to five of the 10 metropolitan areas in the country where new case reports are rising the fastest. “The virus is at large,” the governor said. “Know the risks and respect them.”
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