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Wisconsin Restricts Indoor Gatherings Amid Record Spike in Coronavirus Cases

HeadlineOct 08, 2020

Across the United States, coronavirus cases continue to climb, with more than 52,000 new infections reported on Wednesday. The death toll is approaching 212,000, and nearly half a million U.S. residents have been hospitalized with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. 

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has issued an emergency order limiting indoor gatherings as a massive outbreak in eastern Wisconsin threatens to overwhelm hospitals.

Boston officials have suspended the reopening of public schools after a rise in new cases.

Here in New York, leaders of the Orthodox Jewish community clashed with Governor Andrew Cuomo over newly issued coronavirus restrictions on houses of worship. In Brooklyn, mostly unmasked groups of Orthodox men took to the streets in protests that turned violent, lighting fires, waving Donald Trump flags and attacking a Jewish journalist.

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